A rare 1901 combined Pipe Organ/harmonium in Vienna, Austria demonstrated by Jerry Barton
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Artis Wodehouse visited a small Methodist Church in Vienna, Austria that uses for their church services a rare 1901 combined Pipe Organ/ Harmonium built by the Viennese maker, Kotykiewicz.
Thilo Plaesser, an expert in Kotykiewicz harmonium research alerted Wodehouse about this instrument, and encouraged her to seek it out and be in contact with Jerry Barton, the church's organist.
Jerry Barton, an avocational organist plays for the church's Sunday services, and kindly agreed to be filmed demonstrating this unique instrument.
Video recorded April 4, 2024 by Artis Wodehouse.
Beautiful instrument
Must have been a feast for the ears of any harmonium lover to hear this great instrument in person! Wow!
Thank you for sharing.
A truly fascinating instrument and would seem to be quite a rare combination of sound sources.. A very interesting instrument.
👍....good stuff
This organ clearly has an intersting history. The fact that the original owner "had to leave in 1938" says a lot. De we know more about that?
I'll say it says a lot! Something tells me that if he/she/they didn't leave the continent, they never came back. I hope the family received reparations.
Heavenly a great instrument
The spider at 5:34 was like.. nope.... truly fascinating instrument, it's a bit more harmonium than organ for my taste, but I like how they did it.
Fascinating attempt to combine two different types of sound sources. I imagine when the instrument was new that everything went together well, tonally. I wonder if a recording is in the works?
What’s the stoplist?
Visible in the video
"Manufactured for a private household...After the owner had to leave in 1938..." Was this instrument stolen from a Jewish family? Did the owners ever receive compensation for it?
I noticed the nearly-star-of-David decorations on each side. But what does he mean when he keeps talking about using the bellows? Is that just for the reeds?
@@georgebattrick2365 They ARE stars of David, just rotated a bit. He didn't explain what the bellows are for. Both the pipes and the reeds require moving air. On a traditional harmonium, the bellows are pumped with the feet, and that may be the purpose of those pedals that we can see. But on an organ, with its pedal board, that would obviously be unworkable.
Must be a pain to make them be in tune with each other.
Even with one digital rank added to a pipe organ can be a nightmare as the digital always stays at the same pitch while the pipework fluctuates according to all sorts of factors.
In this instance the pipes and reeds behave differently when exposed to humidity, heat, dryness etc.
You're quite right about that!
Beautiful old organ. Should be in an old chapel. This church is moderné ugly