That should be considered a National Treasure and treated as such.

When I was growing up my parents bought an organ for our house. A small lowrey two keyboard organ. I spent eight years running my fingers over the ivory keyboards. My father became friends with one of the men who played the Wurlitzer organ at radio city music Hall. He came to our house and made amazing music out of our a little organ and then invited us to radio city music Hall for me to sit at the Wurlitzer organ there. All alone and 15 years old. My appreciation for organs is amazing. The beautiful music coming out of that organ in Atlantic City is unbelievable. I hope they’re able to raise the money and I would be happy to donate. Thanks for sharing!

How Beautiful! As a child they never ( the Nuns) never let us up stairs to the church, we weren't adults, so downstairs cellar mass for the children, when I finally was older enough, to use upstairs,I thought this was what heaven, so beautifull and the sounds! I enjoy all the Pomp and Circumstance, now. Punished for being a child, so sad.

Thank you Scott! My mama died 6 years ago. She was a great organist! I grew up spending lots of time in the church while she practiced. I live in Huntsville Alabama. Mama loved to come visit here. One of my best memories with mama here was going to a Christmas organ recital. It was in a church built in the 1700’s….so you can imagine how beautiful it is. They had candles lit. It was spectacular! As we left the recital, the maple trees along the sidewalk were in full, beautiful golden display. The street lamps made them look as if they were plugged in! It was truly a sight to behold and the perfect ending for a perfect night! Thank you Scott for sharing this❤️

@helenbailey8419

2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely memory,thank-you for sharing it.

Gave me goosebumps! In about 1990, when I lived in San Diego, the old Californian theatre still had its theatre organ, and would occasionally show silent movies. Well, the man who played it was 93, and I remember watching the 1926 film, Don Juan, with John Barrymore and Mary Astor with the man accompanying the entire thing. No sheet music, he simply watched the movie and played. You forgot he was there, the accompaniment was so perfect. Afterwards he got up and told us about his days of playing in the silent movie houses. You would have loved it Scott! A memory I will always cherish, and thanks for bringing it back to me. I look forward to more of this!

I had no idea how much I would love hearing this, but it made me remember exactly why I chose to study the organ as a girl. Hearing an organ is a physical experience. The music goes right through one’s body in an extraordinary way. You literally feel the music. Thanks, Scott.

I love it! That organ is so grand and sopowerful while working at only half-capacity, that hearing it fully restored would probably overwhelm me with its glorious sound reverberating through everything and everyone.

It sounds great, can't imagine what it would sound like at full capacity. Looking forward to the next installment. Thanks for sharing.

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

I may be 70 years of age before that happens but I'll be in a front row seat! Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you so much, gracious sir! Music on loan from God in the heavens!

That sounds very nice. Love a big organ.

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening!

Oh my gosh I live 20 minutes east of A.C. I HAVE to take that tour and my son would LOVE it also! We lived history and antiques!

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

If you arrive on Wed. mornings just before 10, there is a 2 hour tour where you get to climb inside of the pipe organ and walk all around even up 4 flights of floors!

An Amazing Sound of Music👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏. GREAT VIDEO AND GREAT CONTENT. THUMBS-UP ALWAYS!!!!!!!

I used to love playing ragtime tunes on the piano. They moved fast and were fun to play.

The man and the console look like dollhouse miniatures I that massive environment. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Wow...I can imagine the music thumping in my chest...AND TO THINK OF THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING TO PLAY THAT MASTERPIECE...uff da. Boggles the mind! Thanx for taking us there. (Oh, and the tan looks good on you!)

Thank you for introducing me to so many wonderful things I had no idea existed! And to boot, you always make it enjoyable by adding photos and things from a bygone time which I also would not have ever seen if you didn't present it in such a fun way! Love your videos. Please don't ever stop them. The world would be far duller without them😁

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

Wow, that was cool! Love the stage and the sconces atop the console. Great sound, even at half strength. Thanks for sharing!

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Scott! Love these history lessons along with great vintage & antiques!

I’ve enjoyed listening to this organ over the years of its restoration at the daily tours/concert. Always a thrill that gets better every time as additional ranks are restored.

Your presentations are always so enjoyable combining the art or antiques with the background and history. Thank you for entertaining and educating us folks. Thank you, Scott.

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

👏🏻 Wow! What an amazing sound the organ has, even at 52%! Loved hearing Handel's Water Music! 👏🏻 Thank you for sharing.

That is so cool! I'm amazed that it has survived at all because a lot of places like this they just gutted and gutted and gutted them, what a fabulous survivor and the organ is. Just so majestic It really stirs feelings in the soul. Just had a cool thought. Wouldn't it be amazing to do like a national skating convention there and have somebody play the pipe organ. Could you imagine thousands of people skating to this. Oh my God Thank you for sharing

@helenbailey8419

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea.

Even though it’s only working at 50% capacity, it still sounds wonderful. I used to attend every year the Atlantique show they had at the convention center in the early 90’s and never knew that they had this organ. Thank you for enlightening us of this history.

About 2yrs ago I asked my teenage grandson had he seen a pipe organ. We watched video after video of big organs being played. Blew him away. I'm saving the link to show him. Thanks for sharing 👍

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome!

Thank you, Scott..that was beautiful 💕

Absolutely beautiful and wonderful. Thank you for sharing. When the entire restoration is completed, the music will sound just heavenly.

Amazing! Loved every minute! Can’t imagine it being played at full capacity!

@helenbailey8419

2 жыл бұрын

You could certainly feel de base in de chest as a Jamican once said.A perfect discription.

Scott that was incredible.Thank-you so much.The organ must be heard for miles around.

This was great the organ is such a beautiful instrument wow I can just imagine how beautiful it would of sounded with its full ability thanks for sharing take care

Everyone should hear a live pipe organ performance at sometime in their life! When we lived in Danville Illinois we used to love to go three places, Turkey Run state park, The Beef House and a pizza parlor in Indianapolis that had a complete pipe organ in it. I don’t believe it is open anymore and I don’t know what happened to the pipe organ. So sad to see these organs go down hill or disappear altogether. 👍💕

Thank you so much for all of this! The music, the history narrative of the organ, the historical pictures. It sounded great and I love the architectural design and details of the convention hall, fascinating! Very kind of you to put this together and share with us. 🎶❤🎶

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for sharing Scott it was beautiful 🥰

Wow!

That's a stunning organ! Thank you so much for sharing.

Thank you for that wonderful experience. I'm sure that I would never know about these places if you didn't share them with us.

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

That was very interesting Scott. Thanks for sharing it with us. I really enjoyed the photos you showed as well. I have to wonder why, or even how, they built such a huge organ.

The pipe organ video was pretty special - Thanks for all you offer!

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

WOW!!!!!! Your benchmark of comparison is Wanamaker's; mine is Radio City ... I wonder ....

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. The two organs are only about 60 miles apart from each other and I'm fortunate to be able to hear them often.

What a treat! Thank you Scott!❤️

Amazing!! What a treasure!!

Thank you Scott. What an amazing musical instrument. Looking forward to the tour.

Very impressive and massive-sounding for an organ that's only working at 50% capacity. What a travesty that the engineers / workers who designed and installed the air-conditioning units didn't have the foresight to realize the duct work would drip condensation on the pipes and cause them to corrode. Just a little bit of foresight could've stopped a huge restoration bill from happening. Will there be a thorough explanation of what all the keyboards do in the next video? I'm guessing the pedals at the bottom are for the really low bass notes, but all those keys on the front and sides really have me intrigued!

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes....more to come!

@OrganMusicYT

Жыл бұрын

This organ working at half capacity is still larger than the majority of large cathedral instruments... it's COLOSSAL.

Great place, thanks for sharing Scotty!

Wow. Thanks for sharing Scott

That was beautiful. Thank you.

Beautiful!!!

Awesome, thank you so much !

Delightful! Sure do appreciate you.

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

Epic & magical thanks for sharing. Have to add this amazing place to my bucket list 👍🏻

Awesome

I spent last night’s random-rabbit-hole deep dive 😵‍💫, searching for two of my parent’s favorites, E. Power Biggs and Virgil Fox. So it was very kinda cool to find your video this morning to kick off the day with such history and beautiful sound! Looks like another NJ trip to be planned in my future! 😂Thanks!! (Note: BOOKED, for next July, The Carriage House in Ocean Grove for the Annual Choir Festival. Can’t wait!)

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I'm so excited for you! Make sure you remind me in early July. I'll be there too for the festival so we must meet. Biggs and Fox had such different playing styles and approaches to organ playing. Your parent's enjoyed both styles? How interesting. See you next July!

@marydenny1

2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right! Just read “E. Power Biggs versus Virgil Fox”Holy smokes!

@JIMD6370

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldcuriosityshop265 your video was shared to the Fans page on fb by one of our fans. Great video btw.

The New Yorker magazine has a Talk Of The Town story in their August 22 issue about the Midmer-Losh, and Brant Duddy, 93 years old, who works on it twice a week. Check it out!

@oldcuriosityshop265

Жыл бұрын

I will thank you!

I had no idea about the pipe organ. I’ve been there to see Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

Now you know what was lurking behind the walls!

I was there that day! I made a video of that very recital

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

No way!

all i gotta say is wow. people look like specks in that place. what a wonderful place to have a ballroom.. ignored the pix of the dnc lol

Notice that organist is wearing tails while performing? I think your viewers would agree you should rent one for your rendition. And yes, I will fund this ♥️🐩

@oldcuriosityshop265

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea!

@elderlypoodle9181

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldcuriosityshop265 Send me the bill 🎩

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