As a life long organist I’m really looking forward to seeing this instrument put back together and hearing how it sounds in this building. Praying you succeed by Christmas. Blessings, Keith.
Having been the daughter of an 40+ year organ player... And sometimes playing myself... We don't take our shoes off because we are afraid to scratch the pedals!😂 We take them off because it gives a more tactile feedback and allows for our feet to glide across the pedals instead of modern soles(rubber) causes our feet to stick on the pedals. Also, the width of most shoes is cumbersome and prevents you from playing just one pedal at a time... My mom would wear ballet slippers or a training ballet slipper instead of going barefoot... But these slippers were super thin and very flexible. She said it was almost like not wearing anything at all. Also, a really good player can do 4 notes at a time. 6 if you are straddling multiple pedals, 2 side by side with the toes/ball of the foot and an additional pedal with your heel. My mom could make the church vibrate when she played 6 pedals at once. The pastor asked her to 'tone it down a bit' once. 😂
fellow daughter of a organ player for decades - this is 100% true. My mother always played with just pantyhose/knee highs covering her feet. Gave her just the right amount of slip to slide between pedals quickly and have the dexterity of her toes when needed. Organ players are just truly impressive creatures to me. :)
@@williambrown355 with that organ in the middle, the whole building is going to become a musical instrument! One of my first roommates had a Hammond B2 (electric) organ, and he would make the entire small, shanty of a house we lived in vibrate. We also put together more than a few speaker cabinets and glue was essential (along with screws of course) to give them a "solid" sound.
There's our Yannis! Mopping that huge expanse and getting all the traces of residual grouting off is no small task. I'm sure Billy is glad to be shut of the task. The organ is going to be absolutely splendiferous. I am sure of it. The drone shots really show how beautifully the Ozmo oil brought out the grain in the alter space. Thanks to Nick for coming to help out. But I really should say "Thank you, Jenny, Toby, Charlie, Rupert, and Oskar Robin for th loan of him." Especially Jenny, who has a wicked cold and is looking after the animals on her own as well as the boys.
It's all so exciting! I have been an organist and really look forward to hearing this one sing in its new home. Kudos to Nick for his help; I am sure it is a sacrifice to leave his family. Billy, congrats on the floor! Two favorite moments: "I'm just going to quickly mop this [9 miles of] floor." Also when you placed that perfectly cut, oddly shaped corner border piece. Just wow! Michael, Yanis, Ryan, good to see all together again as a team!
The Moons! Nick, Jenny and the boys are the sweetest family and what they do for the horses is just heartwarming. The world needs kindness, peacemakers!
I just stumbled on this fantastic channel last week. Billy, I'm really enjoying this convent renovation! An organist, myself, watching you breathe new life into the organ is simply wonderful. It's a shame that all the hard work you put into the altar platform and beautiful tile is now hidden. Crack on, men, since Christmas is only 6 weeks away!
I think this will look great when it is finished. I'm really looking forward to see and hear it. A small thing: Please make sure that there is power at the organ, either USB or outlets. This will make life so much easier later for the player when he can just plug in an extra light for the score or something else that needs power at the driver's seat. Installation will be much easier now when the planking is not done yet.
Actually, you wear special shoes to play the organ. They have a soft thin leather sole to feel the pedals and a heel to help you rock your foot from heel to toe so you can go pedal to pedal or do scales with your feet. Scales with your feet are pretty fun. Holding on to the bench for dear life while trying to go as fast as possible, making a loud racket in a cathedral is allowed because you are practicing. 😆Organ shoes are extremely comfortable, and you never ever wear them outside on pain of death by your organ professor, and it's sacrilege as well.
And so the rebuild begins… so excited for each video. Well done to you all. Nick it is nice to see you part of the team as you played a role in bringing the organ to the convent. Michael I can feel your excitement. Great start Billy to this challenging project. Hello to Ryan. Yannis, Mick, and anyone else that helped today. See you all tomorrow. ❤❤❤
Billy, I had to add that I love all your videos but it seems that all of your videos related to this organ are particularly good. I would never have guessed that I would be so happy about a pipe organ!
Michaels excitement is contagious, watching him envision sitting there playing the Organ, I could almost hear the music. Thank you everyone for helping his dream come true. Thank you for sharing this with us. Thank you Michael!! (tears of joy here) I am so happy for him!
This is SO AWESOME! When you do your free concert make sure to have a donation basket of canned food for the poor! No one should be hungry at XMAS! God bless you all! What an amazing group of people.
Well done Michael and Nick and not forgetting Ryan, on the start of reconstructing the beautiful organ. Cannot wait tosee up and playing. Loved watching Crack On😘
What a great partner Yannis will be, DIY ,washing floors, gardening. Billy you deserve a great time it’s all down to you. As you sow so shall you reap. That organ is going to be amazing so crack on! 👏👏👏👏
So happy you are filming the organ being put back together. Gives me a chance to see Michael again! The kitchen floor is fabulous, glad you went with the beige grout.
Its awesome to see so many people around again! While I love seeing Billy daily, it's always nice to get different characters involved! Also, I'm so bummed that Michael seemingly stopped doing it himself!
I am loving, just loving watching the organ rebuild. How many times in your life do you get this priviledge? I can see that Michael can hardly wait as well...we're all looking forward to that Christmas Concert?????😊😊❤❤
Awesome start to reconstructing the organ! Michael and Nick will have it back together in good time. Good to see Mick, Yannis and Ryan on deck helping out as well. Crack on Billy🙏❤️
It is always exciting as a new project ramps up. Men bustling here and there, Timbers being carried into the Convent, Ryan supervising, and Billy finishing up the last project. Can’t wait to see it all play out from here. Nick is a lovely well spoken gentleman, and a fine craftsman…it’s a good start.🖤🇨🇦
The floor is looking so good. I'm not sure how many times Yannis has scrubbed it, but it is really looking good and uniform. It will really be something to finally hear the organ while you all enjoy Christmas treats from the kitchen.
Billy,Michael,Ryan,Yanis and other my organ builders. So glad to see organ restoration. The sound will be out of this world. Until tomorrow. Please, take care and stay safe. Love ya guys 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🕊👍🌞🌹🌈❤️😇🙏🇺🇸👏
OMG, Billy. I was doing well until ‘that’ music started 😭. I can definitely imagine the organ being played - with lights. I loved Nick’s reaction to having a laser and automatic sucky thing 😂. Yanis did a great job with the mop in the kitchen. You will be glad when Alex is back, although I expect you enjoyed a break from the kitchen floor. Alex is going to be busy, with 2 projects to film. One last thing - those stairs 😍
Michael, you got this !! My mum played old organ in church, that organ was present at a fair in the room where president McKinley was shot. Her feet were extra narrow and they slipped between the bass runs. So excited to hear you play that organ !!!
Ryan has a lovely new jumper and a very cheeky smile, Michael is giggling away. Team work makes the dream work, your family and friends are the dream team. The music used to accompany the the video's is fantastic, very well edited. I have this vision of Michael performing Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor with his light under the peddles. A proper 18th century rave! Rebuilding this beautiful organ is a monumental project, you will succeed.
Your gorgeous smile & laugh just made my morning even better Michael!😁 Good luck guys. With all the intelligence & brawn in you guys, I'm sure you'll get the organ back together in no time. 🤞...before christmas!😘 🙏❤
so excited to see the organ going back up , great job to all the kitchen floor looks great and im so excited to hear michael play the organ should invite the village in to hear the organ play for christmas
I do hope that the organ assembly videos go longer than usual, all this work on the convent is getting really exciting now with the kitchen project, which looks amazing, the organ, the back garden looking forward to an update on that, so much going on now, getting really excited for the end of these projects to see what’s next in store for this beautiful old building. CRACK ON guys you are all doing an amazing job.
I’m enjoying watching Jenni and the boys at home while Nick is with you guys doing a cracking job with the organ. So sweet to see his updates. Looks like it’s going well and you’re having a good time to boot ❤
Good to see you Michael 🎉❤. Nick you fit right in with the wonderful cast of “characters” 🎉 Hello Ryan 👋🏻 Billy, your choice of music is perfect. Thank you for all you do to make these videos and take us along with you on your adventures.❤
Michael, you are right, a light under the manuals to light up the pedalboard will be useful. And just make sure that you can get the organ bench sufficiently far forward over the pedals before you build it all up - at the moment it’s too far back, especially for those of us who are vertically challenged!! 😅 Good luck with it all ❤
Michael kneeling at the alter platform when building the organ base looked like he was at his prayers😇 Then sitting on the bench playing the organ pedals he looked like an excited kid ❤ I think Nick was very impressed with your saw, Billy 😂
Great to see work begin on the organ build. Looks like the fundraiser for the new organ at the Cathedral in Norwich has drawn to a halt after Cracking Off to a great start Billy.
This was such a delight: perfect project, beautiful brilliant multi-talented comrades reminding us all how beautiful humility is. Bless you all for this pause out of time !
Speaking as an organist, I think a light bar under the pedals sounds like the best idea since sliced bread. Playing pedals is difficult enough, but we often have to do it with no light to help, with predictable results. Go ahead, and make sure you patent it..
That floor and the tiles have turned out beautifully Billy in the chapel, you can be very proud of the finish. Nice to see Nick and Michael again and also Janice and your dad. Well done guys.
It's great to see the guys all working in unisense. Looking forward for all the next videos in your journey of putting the organ back to it's glory. Yes! put some lights under the foot pedals, and every time you press a light appears, how awesome that would be.
Excellent episode! This is the mystery, jigsaw, historical adventure timed game show! Always intriguing! Thank you all very much for making and sharing this lovely video!😮😊❤
I am an organist in Salt Lake City Utah. My family lived in London until I was 15 years old. I studied at the Royal Academy of Music and later at Brigham Young University. The bench needs to be able to go much further in so all the sharp/flat pedals and swell pedal can be reached easily. Right now, the bench can’t slide in far enough.
those beautiful tiles will really make the pedals easy for the organist to quickly confirm the foot and key position at a glance! I had hoped we'd see the tiles under the bench but this is good too.
Loved the music, loved the content, loved seeing all the happy faces of your amazing team and I loved seeing that kitchen floor. You sure have cracked on Billy. Oh and Ryan is the delightful cherry on top 😂. ❤🐨
An exciting day, beginning the organ reconstruction. I learned to play a double decker organ with the same sort of foot pedals at the age of 5. So glad u went with the beige grout Billy, looking lovely.
So so good to see Michael! I have missed his videos a lot! Will be watching the progress on the organ. So exciting! Billy, the kitchen floor look gorgeous! We'll done! 💗😀
I learned to play organ when I was 6, my biggest issue was always being too short to use the pedals. It always felt wrong to me. Can’t wait to hear it! 😊
Hello EVERYONE, so good to ,see the focus and attention to detail for the start of this mamouth re-assembly of the organ. Best wishes from Lincolnshire.
Brilliant job. Ryan has me in stitches with facial expressions, he’s humour is so dry 😀. The whole team have a wonderful sense of humour. I love this channel, I’m so glad a found it a month ago (I’m slowly catching up 2 months to go with the abandoned convent videos). After I’ve caught up with this channel I will watch Ryan’s & Michael backlog of videos.
I have always played with the bench the other way around. That is so when my feet aren't busy playing, I can rest the heels of my shoes on the railing under the bench. In Canada we are taught to wear shoes when we play. My organ shoes were tap shoes without the taps on them - leather soles and heels too. The wood of any pedal board should be sturdy enough for the organist to wear proper organists' shoes when they play. My first pair of organ shoes I used for about 25 years. The soles were very nice and pliable by then! 😊
Very exciting. And such a nice crew. Can't wait to hear Michael play. I listen to a lot of political channels and as you may know the political climate in the US is tenuous at best. So your channel provides a nice, hopeful, peaceful respite from all the noise over hear. If so inclined please add the people of the Ukraine, the Palestinians and the Israelis to your prayers tonight.
Good job gentlemen. I’m not religious one little bit, but your reconstruction of this ancient church organ makes me very happy - that you’re rebuilding something that would otherwise be lost to history., is a very worthy endeavor. I’m looking forward to hearing it breath life again 🙏
Mathematical genius is at work, building the best ever foundation for a beautiful Organ That is so fitting for that chapel. Well done all of you! So exciting!
ADVICE: remember… the seat needs to be close enough to reach those sharps & flats easily with your foot. I believe you’ve short shot the stool by several inches. Go back & review a picture before disassembling. I’m 75 & played organ for years. Know nothing of assembly but a lot of comfortable playing position!!
As a life long organist I’m really looking forward to seeing this instrument put back together and hearing how it sounds in this building. Praying you succeed by Christmas. Blessings, Keith.
As a pianist me too. In my early childhood, I used to kick the organ bellows when my mother played. 🎹
Same here. Love the fact that this organ has found it’s new forever home.
My Mom used to play the pipe organ at our church. This is such an exciting journey to watch !!! ❤
If I'd had access to a pipe organ I might have continued playing!
Very interesting
Having been the daughter of an 40+ year organ player... And sometimes playing myself... We don't take our shoes off because we are afraid to scratch the pedals!😂 We take them off because it gives a more tactile feedback and allows for our feet to glide across the pedals instead of modern soles(rubber) causes our feet to stick on the pedals. Also, the width of most shoes is cumbersome and prevents you from playing just one pedal at a time...
My mom would wear ballet slippers or a training ballet slipper instead of going barefoot... But these slippers were super thin and very flexible. She said it was almost like not wearing anything at all.
Also, a really good player can do 4 notes at a time. 6 if you are straddling multiple pedals, 2 side by side with the toes/ball of the foot and an additional pedal with your heel. My mom could make the church vibrate when she played 6 pedals at once. The pastor asked her to 'tone it down a bit' once. 😂
fellow daughter of a organ player for decades - this is 100% true. My mother always played with just pantyhose/knee highs covering her feet. Gave her just the right amount of slip to slide between pedals quickly and have the dexterity of her toes when needed. Organ players are just truly impressive creatures to me. :)
This video had the perfect balance of work, laughter and information!
Great to see Yannis again, and Michael and Nick of course, and your lovely Dad Billy. xxx
I'm loving Nick. He has the same relaxed confidence that Simon has. Billy, you have done so well with the floor. You should be proud of yourself.
@@williambrown355 with that organ in the middle, the whole building is going to become a musical instrument! One of my first roommates had a Hammond B2 (electric) organ, and he would make the entire small, shanty of a house we lived in vibrate. We also put together more than a few speaker cabinets and glue was essential (along with screws of course) to give them a "solid" sound.
And his family (The Moons) is coping well 😊
Michael is so gifted in so many ways. Very accomplished educated young man x
There's our Yannis! Mopping that huge expanse and getting all the traces of residual grouting off is no small task. I'm sure Billy is glad to be shut of the task. The organ is going to be absolutely splendiferous. I am sure of it. The drone shots really show how beautifully the Ozmo oil brought out the grain in the alter space. Thanks to Nick for coming to help out. But I really should say "Thank you, Jenny, Toby, Charlie, Rupert, and Oskar Robin for th loan of him." Especially Jenny, who has a wicked cold and is looking after the animals on her own as well as the boys.
It's all so exciting! I have been an organist and really look forward to hearing this one sing in its new home. Kudos to Nick for his help; I am sure it is a sacrifice to leave his family. Billy, congrats on the floor! Two favorite moments: "I'm just going to quickly mop this [9 miles of] floor." Also when you placed that perfectly cut, oddly shaped corner border piece. Just wow! Michael, Yanis, Ryan, good to see all together again as a team!
How lovely to have such great people around you Billy, you are truly blessed.🏴😊
The Moons! Nick, Jenny and the boys are the sweetest family and what they do for the horses is just heartwarming. The world needs kindness, peacemakers!
Loved the Moons tribute to Remembrance Day. It is really worth watching
Billy! It makes me so happy that Nick has joined you guys … he’s just a good guy!
Fabulous to se Mr. Moon aka Nick working with Michael building the Organ! The tile looks perfect Billy. Excited to see the progress!!
The Team is working together so well, approaching the rebuild very carefully. Also, it looks like they are enjoying the process.
Made me smile to see Michael "playing" the organ with his fingers in the air, imagining the music. Can't wait for the concert!
I just stumbled on this fantastic channel last week. Billy, I'm really enjoying this convent renovation! An organist, myself, watching you breathe new life into the organ is simply wonderful. It's a shame that all the hard work you put into the altar platform and beautiful tile is now hidden. Crack on, men, since Christmas is only 6 weeks away!
I think this will look great when it is finished. I'm really looking forward to see and hear it. A small thing: Please make sure that there is power at the organ, either USB or outlets. This will make life so much easier later for the player when he can just plug in an extra light for the score or something else that needs power at the driver's seat. Installation will be much easier now when the planking is not done yet.
Actually, you wear special shoes to play the organ. They have a soft thin leather sole to feel the pedals and a heel to help you rock your foot from heel to toe so you can go pedal to pedal or do scales with your feet. Scales with your feet are pretty fun. Holding on to the bench for dear life while trying to go as fast as possible, making a loud racket in a cathedral is allowed because you are practicing. 😆Organ shoes are extremely comfortable, and you never ever wear them outside on pain of death by your organ professor, and it's sacrilege as well.
And so the rebuild begins… so excited for each video.
Well done to you all. Nick it is nice to see you part of the team as you played a role in bringing the organ to the convent.
Michael I can feel your excitement. Great start Billy to this challenging project.
Hello to Ryan. Yannis, Mick, and anyone else that helped today.
See you all tomorrow. ❤❤❤
Billy, I had to add that I love all your videos but it seems that all of your videos related to this organ are particularly good. I would never have guessed that I would be so happy about a pipe organ!
As always, great vlog Billy, the job has begun! This is going to be so watchable . Like Ryan’s new jumper. Stay well all.
Nick is an awesome addition to the Pethrick team! Love his families channel as well! Lots of moving pieces today! Great work everyone!
Michaels excitement is contagious, watching him envision sitting there playing the Organ, I could almost hear the music. Thank you everyone for helping his dream come true. Thank you for sharing this with us. Thank you Michael!! (tears of joy here) I am so happy for him!
This is SO AWESOME! When you do your free concert make sure to have a donation basket of canned food for the poor! No one should be hungry at XMAS! God bless you all! What an amazing group of people.
Well done Michael and Nick and not forgetting Ryan, on the start of reconstructing the beautiful organ. Cannot wait tosee up and playing. Loved watching Crack On😘
I could imagine Michael playing the organ when he was going through the motions. It’s going to be wonderful! Exciting times ahead.
What a great partner Yannis will be, DIY ,washing floors, gardening. Billy you deserve a great time it’s all down to you. As you sow so shall you reap. That organ is going to be amazing so crack on! 👏👏👏👏
This is so exciting! I love Michael's enthusiasm and almost giddy fantasizing the chords he can play with his feet!
So happy you are filming the organ being put back together. Gives me a chance to see Michael again! The kitchen floor is fabulous, glad you went with the beige grout.
Billy, you have a wonderful crew around you all the time!
It’s going to be awesome. Loved the organ music playing while Michael was demonstrating the foot pedals! 😂
Its awesome to see so many people around again! While I love seeing Billy daily, it's always nice to get different characters involved! Also, I'm so bummed that Michael seemingly stopped doing it himself!
Billy! So nice to have many hands to help keep everyone motivated to get the jobs done.
I am loving, just loving watching the organ rebuild. How many times in your life do you get this priviledge? I can see that Michael can hardly wait as well...we're all looking forward to that Christmas Concert?????😊😊❤❤
It's nice to see Michael again, and what a challenge he and Nick are taking on. Looking forward to seeing videos on both kitchen and organ progress!
Awesome start to reconstructing the organ! Michael and Nick will have it back together in good time. Good to see Mick, Yannis and Ryan on deck helping out as well. Crack on Billy🙏❤️
It is always exciting as a new project ramps up. Men bustling here and there, Timbers being carried into the Convent, Ryan supervising, and Billy finishing up the last project. Can’t wait to see it all play out from here. Nick is a lovely well spoken gentleman, and a fine craftsman…it’s a good start.🖤🇨🇦
The floor is looking so good. I'm not sure how many times Yannis has scrubbed it, but it is really looking good and uniform. It will really be something to finally hear the organ while you all enjoy Christmas treats from the kitchen.
What a nice group of friends helping you Billy. All have a great sense of humour too, I really do hope its done for Christmas fingers crossed.
Billy,Michael,Ryan,Yanis and other my organ builders. So glad to see organ restoration. The sound will be out of this world. Until tomorrow. Please, take care and stay safe. Love ya guys 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🕊👍🌞🌹🌈❤️😇🙏🇺🇸👏
OMG, Billy. I was doing well until ‘that’ music started 😭. I can definitely imagine the organ being played - with lights. I loved Nick’s reaction to having a laser and automatic sucky thing 😂. Yanis did a great job with the mop in the kitchen. You will be glad when Alex is back, although I expect you enjoyed a break from the kitchen floor. Alex is going to be busy, with 2 projects to film. One last thing - those stairs 😍
Michael, you got this !! My mum played old organ in church, that organ was present at a fair in the room where president McKinley was shot. Her feet were extra narrow and they slipped between the bass runs. So excited to hear you play that organ !!!
Ryan has a lovely new jumper and a very cheeky smile, Michael is giggling away. Team work makes the dream work, your family and friends are the dream team. The music used to accompany the the video's is fantastic, very well edited. I have this vision of Michael performing Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor with his light under the peddles. A proper 18th century rave! Rebuilding this beautiful organ is a monumental project, you will succeed.
Your gorgeous smile & laugh just made my morning even better Michael!😁 Good luck guys. With all the intelligence & brawn in you guys, I'm sure you'll get the organ back together in no time. 🤞...before christmas!😘
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Well done Michael and Nick 😁 I look forward to seeing it all being put back together again 😁
Lovely to see the start of the organ build and also to see, Yannis too.
so excited to see the organ going back up , great job to all the kitchen floor looks great and im so excited to hear michael play the organ should invite the village in to hear the organ play for christmas
I do hope that the organ assembly videos go longer than usual, all this work on the convent is getting really exciting now with the kitchen project, which looks amazing, the organ, the back garden looking forward to an update on that, so much going on now, getting really excited for the end of these projects to see what’s next in store for this beautiful old building. CRACK ON guys you are all doing an amazing job.
This is going to be amazing to watch the team put this organ back together. Can’t wait to hear Micheal play it.
Yeah! The organs getting reassembled!
Everyones doing a cracking job. Really nice seeing Michael again, miss his vlogs.
I’m enjoying watching Jenni and the boys at home while Nick is with you guys doing a cracking job with the organ. So sweet to see his updates. Looks like it’s going well and you’re having a good time to boot ❤
Can’t wait to hear Michael play this!!❤❤
Excited to see the organ rebuilt, tuned, and (hopefully) revoiced by Christmas. Its a big undertaking to have done in 6 weeks but we believe in you!
Very exciting having the reconstruction of the organ begin. Can't wait to see it completed and sounding beautiful.
Hey Michael. Great to see you!
Good to see you Michael 🎉❤.
Nick you fit right in with the wonderful cast of “characters” 🎉
Hello Ryan 👋🏻
Billy, your choice of music is perfect.
Thank you for all you do to make these videos and take us along with you on your adventures.❤
Another great episode, Billy! Love the kitchen floor, & excited about the organ.
Michael, you are right, a light under the manuals to light up the pedalboard will be useful. And just make sure that you can get the organ bench sufficiently far forward over the pedals before you build it all up - at the moment it’s too far back, especially for those of us who are vertically challenged!! 😅 Good luck with it all ❤
Aww. All your lovely, tea stained tiles will be covered up! Great post. Love it when the band gets back together. x
Love seeing Michael enjoying this and so miss his videos.
Amazing how well the base fits the alter size, they were meant to be together!
Michael kneeling at the alter platform when building the organ base looked like he was at his prayers😇 Then sitting on the bench playing the organ pedals he looked like an excited kid ❤ I think Nick was very impressed with your saw, Billy 😂
Amazing to see this rebuilt! Thanks everyone!
A humongous 3D puzzle! What “fun”! 😅❤👍🏻
Great to see work begin on the organ build. Looks like the fundraiser for the new organ at the Cathedral in Norwich has drawn to a halt after Cracking Off to a great start Billy.
I will be publishing another blog post with more photos, and will remind everyone about the fund.
I love how you cameo Ryan!
This was such a delight: perfect project, beautiful brilliant multi-talented comrades reminding us all how beautiful humility is. Bless you all for this pause out of time !
Michael that's a brilliant idea to light up the floor to see the pedals, that would look beautiful. God speed Y'all!❤
You are all on the brink of something beautiful and exciting! Thank you for letting us share.
So exciting to see this organ being rebuilt. It will be so awesome ❤
The excitement must be 10 fold on putting it back together! 💕💕
If you do get it ready by Christmas, you should host a carol service for family, friends and locals.
What a great team, it’s going to be fun watching the organ being rebuilt! Your vlogs make my day Billy xxx💕💕💕
Speaking as an organist, I think a light bar under the pedals sounds like the best idea since sliced bread. Playing pedals is difficult enough, but we often have to do it with no light to help, with predictable results. Go ahead, and make sure you patent it..
That floor and the tiles have turned out beautifully Billy in the chapel, you can be very proud of the finish. Nice to see Nick and Michael again and also Janice and your dad. Well done guys.
When you slid the pedals into the space provided and it fit like a glove, I exclaimed, "Well, look at that!!!" 👍Well done!
It's great to see the guys all working in unisense. Looking forward for all the next videos in your journey of putting the organ back to it's glory. Yes! put some lights under the foot pedals, and every time you press a light appears, how awesome that would be.
Michael made me giggle when he was reaching for those pedals, looking forward to seeing this take shape, nice work all.
Love how this going to look in the chapel. Michael is right about putting lights under the pedals it will fantastic. Good to see everybody today.
Excellent episode! This is the mystery, jigsaw, historical adventure timed game show! Always intriguing! Thank you all very much for making and sharing this lovely video!😮😊❤
I am an organist in Salt Lake City Utah. My family lived in London until I was 15 years old. I studied at the Royal Academy of Music and later at Brigham Young University. The bench needs to be able to go much further in so all the sharp/flat pedals and swell pedal can be reached easily. Right now, the bench can’t slide in far enough.
those beautiful tiles will really make the pedals easy for the organist to quickly confirm the foot and key position at a glance! I had hoped we'd see the tiles under the bench but this is good too.
What an undertaking! This project will certainly be on my schedule right to the end! Looking forward to every inch of it!
Loved the music, loved the content, loved seeing all the happy faces of your amazing team and I loved seeing that kitchen floor. You sure have cracked on Billy. Oh and Ryan is the delightful cherry on top 😂. ❤🐨
An exciting day, beginning the organ reconstruction. I learned to play a double decker organ with the same sort of foot pedals at the age of 5. So glad u went with the beige grout Billy, looking lovely.
So so good to see Michael! I have missed his videos a lot! Will be watching the progress on the organ. So exciting! Billy, the kitchen floor look gorgeous! We'll done! 💗😀
I learned to play organ when I was 6, my biggest issue was always being too short to use the pedals. It always felt wrong to me. Can’t wait to hear it! 😊
I loved the invisible organ playing by Michael! Awesome!
Hello EVERYONE, so good to ,see the focus and attention to detail for the start of this mamouth re-assembly of the organ. Best wishes from Lincolnshire.
Brilliant job. Ryan has me in stitches with facial expressions, he’s humour is so dry 😀. The whole team have a wonderful sense of humour. I love this channel, I’m so glad a found it a month ago (I’m slowly catching up 2 months to go with the abandoned convent videos). After I’ve caught up with this channel I will watch Ryan’s & Michael backlog of videos.
Lovely to hear some of Murray Gold’s score from the Eleventh Doctor’s era. Sets a wonderful mood for returning music to the convent.
I have always played with the bench the other way around. That is so when my feet aren't busy playing, I can rest the heels of my shoes on the railing under the bench. In Canada we are taught to wear shoes when we play. My organ shoes were tap shoes without the taps on them - leather soles and heels too. The wood of any pedal board should be sturdy enough for the organist to wear proper organists' shoes when they play.
My first pair of organ shoes I used for about 25 years. The soles were very nice and pliable by then! 😊
That floor is marvelous! So excited for the organ rebuild.
I can't wait to see the pipes and inner works get put together.
Very exciting. And such a nice crew. Can't wait to hear Michael play.
I listen to a lot of political channels and as you may know the political climate in the US is tenuous at best. So your channel provides a nice, hopeful, peaceful respite from all the noise over hear.
If so inclined please add the people of the Ukraine, the Palestinians and the Israelis to your prayers tonight.
Good job gentlemen. I’m not religious one little bit, but your reconstruction of this ancient church organ makes me very happy - that you’re rebuilding something that would otherwise be lost to history., is a very worthy endeavor. I’m looking forward to hearing it breath life again 🙏
Ryan cracks me up!!!! I am so looking forward to him resuming his video's. I am also excited to see the organ rebuilt and to here someone play it.
I can't wait to see the beautiful organ assembled in the beautiful chapel.
Mathematical genius is at work, building the best ever foundation for a beautiful Organ That is so fitting for that chapel. Well done all of you! So exciting!
Looking forward to this exciting project - I mean, how many people get the opportunity to see an organ rebuild?!?
Shoutout 👋🏻 to Yanis and Ryan!!
ADVICE: remember… the seat needs to be close enough to reach those sharps & flats easily with your foot. I believe you’ve short shot the stool by several inches. Go back & review a picture before disassembling. I’m 75 & played organ for years. Know nothing of assembly but a lot of comfortable playing position!!