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Fascinating!

Amazing sound and performance. It takes me right back to music school 50 years ago. My goal for 2021 now is to dig this out and rework this piece on the Rodgers 3 manual I play at St. Luke's UMC in St. Petersburg.

Oh man I would LOVE to get my hands on that 3D Studio Max model!! Its gorgeous, as is all of the organs in the video.

i would love to spend a few days in there shop,to watch and see the birth of a new organ

This kind of craftsmanship is becoming increasingly rare in this modern world. It is really nice to see this kind of care and superb workmanship utilised to restore an irreplaceable treasure. Thanks to F. Ruffatti, a firm that I have always admired, for their precision and patience.

Thank you so much for this beautiful hymn on this beautiful organ!

What I find amazing is the fact that an instrument so complex could only be made in the Western world. Even the ancient Chinese or Japanese cultures, with thousands of years of exquisite architecture, don't have any instrument that's remotely similar to the organ.

Excellent presentation. Many thanks.

A wonderful video. Thank you.

Truly awesome. Wish you'd tell us what modern music is heard here -- I caught the Pachelbel variations.

This is why I LOVE Europe but despise the European Union!

Agora entendo porque um órgão de tubos é tão caro.

Holy Cow, What a great vidieo. Years ago, this organisto just assumed that pipe organ building would soon be a dead, lost art....too expensive...too labor intensive. 10- 20 hours per note! ???? OMG very thankful I was wrong. Perhaps on one of the Star Trek future movies, they'll feature some labor intensive artistic craftsmanship... like building Chippendale tall chests.

Beautiful video

Fantastic presentation, great to see such craftsmanship at work. I was wondering, how sustainable is your tree procurement from Africa, do you undertake replanting?

Warmest greetings to all at Fratelli Ruffatti & congratulations on your magnificent work.

Many thanks for this very interesting upload. Who was the English narrator, who sounds very much like Michael Horden, but cannot be, at this date?

An excellent documentary! Many thanks for sharing!

That is some incredible patience these workers have. Agree with you, Rifleman.

Oh yes... This are the real finest craftsmanship you can find!! Those are the the true "best in class" organs! I'm just impressed....

Fantastic video! Thank You.

A remarkable project by a remarkable organ builder. I'm very favourably impressed with this builders dedication to the art of organ building. I confess, I've attempted to tune and service on Italian built pipe organ and was thoroughly disgusted with the instrument after 2-3 hours work. That experience led me to believe all Italian pipe organs were terrible, which was, of course, a ridiculous and prejudicial conclusion. The Ruffatti Br.'s have changed my mind in a convincing manner. Thank you for producing the video and sharing. I can't help but notice at 9:00 the pipe builder beating the pipe metal around the mandrel and the lively acoustics in the room accentuating the sound. After a days work of this nature I'd think the effect on the ears would not be good. I'm very conscious of the effects of acoustics and I would also think organ builders would too. If it were up to me (imagine that!) I'd be tempted to "kill" the acoustics in such a room where incessant tapping from a number of pipe makers could induce irritability or stress among the craftsmen.

I don't know how I ended up here, but I am glad I did. This video is great, and you do wonderful work! It warms my heart to see master craftsmanship like this.

This was a very informative pipe organ video and the making of one thanks.