Star Wars Symphonic Suite--Jelani Eddington at the Sanfilippo Wurlitzer

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  • Jelani Eddington plays the Main Title from the Star Wars Symphonic Suite at the 5/80 Sanfilippo Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ in Barrington, Illinois. Video by Donnie Rankin/DR4 Productions LLC and audio by Josh Richter. Star Wars (c) Warner Chappell. No claim to third-party copyrighted material. Arrangement and transcription is original to artist.
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  • @danhamakua9757
    @danhamakua9757 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1182

    This pipe organ has enough power to destroy an entire planet.

    • @shiningarmor2838
      @shiningarmor2838 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      dan Hamakua You know they get much bigger, right?

    • @saiyaniam
      @saiyaniam 7 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      That's not a pipe organ.. It's a space station.

    • @danhamakua9757
      @danhamakua9757 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes ive seen bigger

    • @bartjebartmans
      @bartjebartmans 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      The bigger ones can destroy our solar system.

    • @JonasClark
      @JonasClark 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      According to an old story, the former Chicago Stadium organ (51 sets of pipes vs. this organ's 80, but with MUCH higher wind pressures to the pipes) damaged its building. Supposedly, when a boxing mach ended with an unpopular call by the ref, the audience started rioting. The organist threw on absolutely full organ, opened the volume controls all the way, and played the National Anthem. The fight stopped, light bulbs blew out and windows cracked all over the building. So yes, a very large organ could potentially do structural damage. Usually, buildings are built to withstand the organ going in, if it's very big and/or loud... but the Chicago Stadium organ was supposed to only go up to 35" pressures, which is VERY big-- but upon installation, they realized the blower could produce some 50" wind, and they arranged six sets of pipes to play on it. (The world's largest organ, in a monstrously-large arena in Atlantic City, has ten 50" sets and four 100" sets. When it gets fully restored, it'll be a monster!)

  • @Hanhisse
    @Hanhisse 8 ปีที่แล้ว +545

    Training this one needs no more.. A master organist, he is.

    • @Ih8kone
      @Ih8kone 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The force be with him.

    • @vinzchannel01
      @vinzchannel01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      HE NEEDS TO KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARK SIDE!!!

    • @erielortiz4389
      @erielortiz4389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A Master Yedi!

    • @Ken_Weber_organist
      @Ken_Weber_organist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      he also is an attorney

    • @johnw2026
      @johnw2026 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Ken_Weber_organist 😆 so he DOES know the power of the dark side!

  • @XephinaTheEleven
    @XephinaTheEleven 10 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    If you think this is fake because, "The music doesn't line up with the keys that are pressed." Well let me tell you how pipe organs work. What you are seeing is just the console, the pipes and fans and all the other things that are actually making the music is in another room, there is a delay from when the keys are pressed till you hear the sound. So please do your research before calling this beautiful piece of music 'fake'!

    • @5thlevelweb887
      @5thlevelweb887 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That latency would drive me crazy playing such an instrument.

  • @mrjaffar
    @mrjaffar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +592

    There are more controls on that thing than a space shuttle!

    • @Darceus2000
      @Darceus2000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Or an imperial shuttle!

    • @pedman1750
      @pedman1750 8 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      thats no moon. its a keyboard station

    • @fotismonocheir1446
      @fotismonocheir1446 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Ped Man you wont believe how much i laughed..nice :D

    • @Agamer99
      @Agamer99 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      He pulled out all the stops. Nearly literally.

    • @Beowulf1ca
      @Beowulf1ca 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's like the Bridge of the Millenium Falcon Times Fifty!

  • @derpherp9985
    @derpherp9985 9 ปีที่แล้ว +389

    With this instrument this guy could fly the Millenium falcon
    And the death star
    And the star destroyer
    And the super star destroyer
    and the USS entreprise
    and 50 other space ships
    simultaneously.

    • @shiningarmor2838
      @shiningarmor2838 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Enterprise? Wrong millenium!

    • @stillayl
      @stillayl 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Derp Herp And with a couple of commuter helicopters, thrown in, to keep it normal.

    • @imh79
      @imh79 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hahaha

    • @keinark
      @keinark 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Derp Herp SHHHHIIIIIIIIIIT! He could fly the TARDIS with those skills. Mind. Blown. And I've seen many concert organists. Mad skills.

    • @karlrovey6580
      @karlrovey6580 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      keinark He would probably leave the handbrake on though.

  • @schmodedo
    @schmodedo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    For a lowly keyboard player (and Star Wars fan) in a local rock band, this is like staring God in the face while he shouts his name. I'm not worthy.

    • @route6666
      @route6666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah the thing is insane. I’ve been there since the house is actually my uncles. They actually have the organ hooked up to a computer too where it can play things without anyone playing it. And let me tell you it is loud

    • @scottbc31h22
      @scottbc31h22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@route6666 It is amazing, they now have technology that seamlessly integrates digital control and MIDI with the old pneumatic and mechanical systems.
      Gives these old instruments new life.

  • @rockeater7494
    @rockeater7494 8 ปีที่แล้ว +443

    When you don't have enough money to hire a full band, just call this guy!

    • @sm92912
      @sm92912 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +AstronomicWaffle haha when you don't have enough money to hire a full band, just learn how to play organ! )))

    • @mowglimancubs5286
      @mowglimancubs5286 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Oleksandr Mapatelian lol "just learn"

    • @simonfitzgerald8490
      @simonfitzgerald8490 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Oleksandr Mapatelian better start with learning piano methinks

    • @jaggass
      @jaggass 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +NauticalWaffle Who needs an orchestra when you have this guy?

    • @planesairbornebymalikclark2806
      @planesairbornebymalikclark2806 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +NauticalWaffle Good luck transporting this big ass thing to your concert without breaking it LOL. Looks fragile.

  • @Gruegirl
    @Gruegirl 8 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Here's what they're playing in all those Jediist churches.

    • @47tilinfinity29
      @47tilinfinity29 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      what about the Sithanic churches?

  • @spartangoku7610
    @spartangoku7610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Now witness the firepower of this fully tuned and operational pipe organ!

  • @piecheese1214
    @piecheese1214 7 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    If Star Wars was a silent film, this would have been the soundtrack.

    • @DarthChrisB
      @DarthChrisB 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Dude, this IS the soundtrack! It's not a medley, that's how it plays in the movie!

    • @piecheese1214
      @piecheese1214 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      DarthChrisB I know it is, you twit. I was saying that this is what *all* the music would have sounded like. Also, great job responding to a three month old comment.

    • @DarthChrisB
      @DarthChrisB 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In this case your comment makes no fucking sense! I thought you're uninformed, not plain stupid!

    • @bluebassett2
      @bluebassett2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey Darth, take a chill pill. You're being RUDE!

    • @bluebassett2
      @bluebassett2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      piecheese: Some people just can't understand unless every little detail / context is pointed out to them. Sucks to be them... LOL

  • @ChristianSchonbergerMusic
    @ChristianSchonbergerMusic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Well I'm sure John Williams is smiling when he sees the fantastic Jelani Eddington playing his work. Jelani is a genius both in performing and pipe rank registration (= arrangement for the theatre organ). Like many fans I would pay hard earned cash just to hear Jelani play the soundtrack to classic 20th Century movies suchb as the ones by Lucas, Spielberg and others. This man is unbelievably fantastic!!!

  • @Reegareth
    @Reegareth 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The most complex control panel you will ever see... Lol

  • @BrianMcKinny
    @BrianMcKinny 10 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I am completely blown away by this. It's a shame that these organs, and those skilled in their playing are disappearing quickly. This man and his instrument are a treasure.

  • @killstreak789
    @killstreak789 8 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    You need 2 and a half brains to play this. And you know, 6 eyes....

  • @Bobsheaux
    @Bobsheaux 8 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Star Wars IV: The Silent Hope (1917)

  • @MeThorvald
    @MeThorvald 9 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    And some people complains about clutch in cars...

  • @andrewsylvester3728
    @andrewsylvester3728 8 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    lord Vader finds the lack of faith in 140 people disturbing.

  • @lkrupp215
    @lkrupp215 8 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    Just so you youngsters out there understand what this is... There are NO electronic amplifiers, NO speaker cabinets, NO artificial anything. This instrument is 100% wind blown pipes, some as much as 32 ft. long. The percussions are real. Real drums, real cymbals, real xylophone, etc. This instrument has more sheer audio power in watts than any rock band could ever produce. It was designed to completely fill the giant movie palaces of the 1920s. It’s lowest pedal notes literally shake the entire building. No amplifier and paper speaker cone could ever come close to doing what these instruments do. The artist playing it here, Jelani Eddington, is one the premiere theater organists in the world today, easily in the top 5.

    • @dobbsy9410
      @dobbsy9410 8 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Cool information to know but not sure why it's only directed towards "youngsters" i can guarantee most adults don't know this either

    • @nothingtoseehere6346
      @nothingtoseehere6346 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I think you meant decibels, rather than watts. While this is an electro-pneumatic instrument, it would be very inefficient it it gobbled up as much power as a rock band.

    • @nsierra2297
      @nsierra2297 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'ma 'Youngster' Thanks for sharing, I had to rewatch this video once I read your comment to properly be awed lol.

    • @Bongo2k
      @Bongo2k 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I think you underestimate modern tech a little bit there yo...

    • @effervescentrelief
      @effervescentrelief 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Bongo2k have you ever witnessed a large organ? I've been to many rock concerts, but when I heard Tocatta and Fugue at a demo held at the LDS Tabernacle on their historic organ there I have yet to experience anything so thunderous and bone shaking as that performance. I could literally feel the sound trying to stop my heart. It was epic!

  • @Bigjohnson572
    @Bigjohnson572 9 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    The Force is strong with this one.

  • @alexplorer
    @alexplorer 10 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    His hands are impressive, but he's playing the red and white tabs with the Force. Now that's Jedi!

    • @richardharrold9736
      @richardharrold9736 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Alexplorer Actuated via the circular thumb pistons below the keys.

    • @alexplorer
      @alexplorer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *****
      That comment was the TH-cam equivalent of "He has a high midichlorian count."

    • @richardharrold9736
      @richardharrold9736 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alexplorer
      Huh?

    • @hendrikgrell1106
      @hendrikgrell1106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Richard Harrold r/whoooooooosh

    • @mokl27
      @mokl27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All organists use the force!

  • @mccabber24
    @mccabber24 7 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Look at the size of that thing....

    • @jimmyfong2202
      @jimmyfong2202 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thats not all yet, there is stil a huge place which has the pipes in it, taking a lot of space man

    • @dramaends
      @dramaends 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      mccabber24 that's no moon...

    • @jesuschrist2616
      @jesuschrist2616 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      mccabber24 that's what she said

  • @DownundaThunda
    @DownundaThunda 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Holy shit, this is awesome! One man and one organ sounds just like the entire London Symphony Orchestra that recorded the original for use in the films.

  • @Nathnath_N
    @Nathnath_N 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    8 years later and still the best star wars organ version

    • @swebigmac100
      @swebigmac100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And the sound quality is amazing

    • @xdmaster98
      @xdmaster98 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Make it a decade

  • @manictiger
    @manictiger 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This translated REALLY well.

  • @1y2x3c4v5b6n7m8k9l
    @1y2x3c4v5b6n7m8k9l 8 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    is this real? i mean it sounds like a complete orchestra O.o

    • @thomaspinon7667
      @thomaspinon7667 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Jakob Auer it is completely real. All wind! No speakers.

    • @Jourell1
      @Jourell1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      As other people pointed out, it's a theater organ, intended to provide accompaniment and sound effect for silent movies, so it was designed to give the organist as many options for sound effects as possible. Yes, it's very real.

    • @whalesong999
      @whalesong999 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Being in the same auditorium while a big organ like this playing is, well, really beyond words for the experience. These instruments can cause reverberation through your whole body, you literally wear the tones ! I was in a church as a young boy while the organist was practicing and will never forget the incredible feeling of it. Pipe organs are just magnificent and this performance is super for sure..!

    • @jeffking4176
      @jeffking4176 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jakob Auer very real! And NO electronics !

    • @Rokinray
      @Rokinray 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The experience you describe is how I remember the organ at Old Chicago Stadium. In the hands of the right performer you can feel the music.

  • @ukdnbmarsh
    @ukdnbmarsh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The Force is Strong with this one !!!

  • @gerardgrzyb7267
    @gerardgrzyb7267 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The organist, Jelani Eddington, has a Yale law degree and owns a law firm in Milwaukee. His theater organ recording and sheet music business has an address in Racine, WI (my hometown), and I believe he lives in Racine. He is one of the most in-demand theater organists of our time.

  • @a.katherinesuetterlin3028
    @a.katherinesuetterlin3028 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Happy, geeky tears! I needed some inspiring music! This made my night!

  • @AndreGuedesCartoon
    @AndreGuedesCartoon 10 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Is Sheldon playing?
    Absolutely Flawless!

    • @dakoiaa
      @dakoiaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please note that there’s a non negligible delay, typical of church organs, due to long air-path and valves switching. This adds to the authenticity of the video.

    • @ArthurHenrique-wi3kp
      @ArthurHenrique-wi3kp 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Caramba achei um comentário do André Guedes em um vídeo totalmente aleatório de literalmente anos atrás, que maravilha kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

  • @virtualpoboy
    @virtualpoboy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I noticed in the comments about "out of sync" of vid and audio, the comment about the delay from key depression and sound was accurate but there is also the deceiver most of all: 2nd touch on the accompaniment manual (lowest). When a key is pushed untill it stops, the note is played. Now, a second set of contacts and ranks available for these additional contacts is available with additional pressure on the key. The additional pressure will overcome a spring that stops the depression of the key under normal playing and allows the second set of contacts to be utilized and whatever stops are selected, they will play and are usually a melody that stands out over all else that is going on. With careful observation you will see his fingers on his left hand push the desired notes and will sound the melody among the accompaniment notes. This is typical for 3 manual(keyboards) and up, to have the accompaniment and great manual (middle on a 3 manual console) equipped this way. There is an art to using second touch for many effects beside a counter melody.

  • @chifanpatt
    @chifanpatt 8 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    How can people dislike this?? This was AMAZING

    • @ThatBoomerDude56
      @ThatBoomerDude56 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Alex Patt They're Sith.

    • @xbqchm
      @xbqchm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Peter Kosen Siths ARE jealous.

    • @krustykraken9331
      @krustykraken9331 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Alex Patt like... THIS!

    • @fozzythesavage1954
      @fozzythesavage1954 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know right

    • @blasvic
      @blasvic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Alex Patt Trekies

  • @WilliamFord972
    @WilliamFord972 8 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Damn, that thing's got a built-in gong, and cymbals and shit. That's no ordinary pipe organ...

    • @steamboat75043
      @steamboat75043 8 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Truly - its a theatre organ - designed to accompany movies. So it has percussion instruments and even what they call a 'toy counter' with buttons to activate car horns, thunder via big sheet metal bits, bells, etc. A theatre organist is composer and orchestra all rolled into one. To give you a good example, remember the warner bros cartoons with bugs bunny and how the music went with the action? The composer, Carl Stalling was a theatre organist, so he was used to composing on the spot for the silent films of the day. The theatre organ replaced orchestras which did the same job. And finally the talkies did away with the theatre organ, but it hung on for a while as a concert instrument for an evening's entertainment which which would include a cartoon a news reel and a 'B' movie.

    • @f.merlenicholas3434
      @f.merlenicholas3434 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      steamboat75043 why the dangling jewelry?

    • @shiningarmor2838
      @shiningarmor2838 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      William Ford This one even has Deagan tower bells and 32' reeds!

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The original synthesizer.

    • @WayfaringStranger4029
      @WayfaringStranger4029 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you ever go to Phoenix, Arizona there's an organ very similar to this (with a whole percussion section and as setamboat75043 wonderfully described a toy bench and everything) at an awesome restaurant called Organ Stop Pizza. It's so cool!

  • @cretium805
    @cretium805 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Wow, he plays so many things at once. He's really playing for an entire orchestra

  • @parkjammer
    @parkjammer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I will bet you anything I can squeeze through the interwebs that this musician has had at least two lessons. Maybe even three.
    I'd be afraid to place a regular keyboard in front of him lest he should die of boredom.
    Impressive arrangement, keyboard skills, and use of complex organ features.
    I will not return to my ukulele.

  • @TvMarginalia
    @TvMarginalia 10 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    what kind of witchery is that!

    • @qwerty93k
      @qwerty93k 10 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      sorcery*

    • @JonathanQP
      @JonathanQP 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's called The Force, and it's very strong with that guy.

  • @BlackBunik
    @BlackBunik 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Absolutely beyond amazing. Bloody well played! This is ART! (And blood and sweat when learning it I am sure)

  • @asterixobelix20
    @asterixobelix20 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    No Imperial march? Fake.
    Nah just kidding, it was amazing :) .

  • @jeffking4176
    @jeffking4176 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Wow. Pretty incredible !
    What a complicated instrument .
    The player really had to know what he was doing!
    Sad that instruments like this have fallen by the wayside.

    • @Shannxy
      @Shannxy 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jeff King It's not something anyone can just have in their house though, because of the size of this thinf

    • @BruceBergman
      @BruceBergman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The secret is in the pre-set Stops - those 1-10 buttons between all the keyboards so you can punch it from any spot, and all the voice selectors around the horseshoe all shift at once - he only had to select the voices manually in a few places.
      And in the beginning that was all Vacuum or low-pressure air actuated, though in newer organs they used low-voltage electrical solenoids for faster response. And as the world goes full circle, it's easy to add a MIDI interface for both recording and playback, and let a computer do some of (or all) the work..

    • @andrewbarrett1537
      @andrewbarrett1537 ปีที่แล้ว

      Much smaller pipe organs can fit in an average home, like in a spare bedroom, basement, attic, or even a large walk in closet. This just happens to be a exceptionally large home with a correspondingly large organ.

  • @LukeLantern
    @LukeLantern 10 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The music is strong with this one.

    • @Solar_systemlover45
      @Solar_systemlover45 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I like your photo! Lemme just say too that... Strong in this one, talent is. =D

    • @LukeLantern
      @LukeLantern 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wise in Jedi lore, you seem. Friend of mine, you are.

  • @DracoHandsome
    @DracoHandsome 9 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    There are some very minor hiccups here and there, but the guy is playing like four instruments at the same time, so I'm kind of confused how he manages to do anything at all.

    • @IncapableLP
      @IncapableLP 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      J. Hanna You're right! Organs are a nightmare when it comes to tuning! Most old organs use iron (or similar) pipes which will move with temperature, so your organ can actually move a whole key depending on that alone. Then you have to maintain the triggers and valves and everything. The problem is that there are not that many people left with the knowledge to maintain such old organs.

    • @BonelessEar
      @BonelessEar 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      DracoHandsome four? did you see his legs?

    • @wntu4
      @wntu4 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +DracoHandsome omg I laughed so hard! And I agree 100% I would do better landing the space shuttle then playing this amazing instrument.

    • @richardharrold9736
      @richardharrold9736 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +BonelessEar And two in each hand with second touch...

    • @godofrainbows
      @godofrainbows 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +DracoHandsome He manages because he is not human.

  • @barkboingfloom
    @barkboingfloom 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This brings back memories of Pizza & Pipes in Tacoma, WA. They had a fantastic Wurlitzer I enjoyed throughout my childhood. Whenever this played, an employeee dressed as Yoda would come out and dual another dressed as Darth Vader (years before we saw Yoda duel on screen) only to send the Dark Lord fleeing from the building! Said building burt down 17 years ago from a kitchen fire, taking that wonderful Wurlitzer with it. :(

    • @Grandpaw2511
      @Grandpaw2511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We had "Pipe Organ Pizza in Houston back in the late 1970's

    • @Grandpaw2511
      @Grandpaw2511 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      We had "Pipe Organ Pizza in Houston back in the late 70's

  • @behemothokun
    @behemothokun 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I don't think I even want to know how much that organ is worth. easily in the 7 figure range I guess or more.

    • @Sir-Bane
      @Sir-Bane 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There's one in a museum in London, the guy I spoke to who owned it said he didn't know how much it would cost to build one, but they sell for over 9 million pounds at auction. :|

    • @teakscoop4038
      @teakscoop4038 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Boy, you are thinking back in about 1930.

    • @adamliebreich-johnsen6104
      @adamliebreich-johnsen6104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This organ is a unique instrument and is priceless.

    • @blu4r316
      @blu4r316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Dinkelstein Kerman well... you can move them...but I don't want to move them...waaaaayyyy to much work :)

    • @masterkey2554
      @masterkey2554 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "oops, lost the c5 note of the 2' tibia"

  • @Danjacques1590
    @Danjacques1590 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This dude must have 4 brains...

  • @VindicatorJones
    @VindicatorJones 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Dexterity Modifier +1000

  • @poseidonmayleerun4824
    @poseidonmayleerun4824 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    107 stormtroopers didn´t like this.

    • @theamateurfurry4735
      @theamateurfurry4735 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They did, they just misfired and hit dislike instead

  • @xenossoundworks7771
    @xenossoundworks7771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My favorite real-world instrument. Has the power and majesty of a church organ, but with a beautiful vibrato effect and an upbeat personality.

    • @kellyklawes5890
      @kellyklawes5890 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      AND... can be as quiet as the whisper of the wind in the treetops.

    • @Arlecchino_Gatto
      @Arlecchino_Gatto ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree. I like the sound of a theater organ more than a church organ. I like the majestic sound of a church organ too, but theater organs sound more...fun?

  • @aarvinpalines
    @aarvinpalines 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I am so amazed by how true to the original orchestral score this organist played, especially with playing the strings constant semiquavers!

  • @davidjamessandling
    @davidjamessandling 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    My grandfather used to be a pipe organ technician, worked at a joint called Pipe organ pizza here in H-town, he played it and even recorded himself, he said that kids requested it so much he got sick of the star wars main theme...such a legendary piece of machinery and an amazing instrument. the place is no longer around, wish it was, that would be amazing to witness this spectacle.

    • @lohphat
      @lohphat 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Go to Organ Stop Pizza in Chandler, AZ -- their organists can play this piece and others. Go check out their YT channel.

    • @kellyklawes5890
      @kellyklawes5890 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The tradition continues at Organ Piper Pizza in Greenfield, WI. House organist is Zach Frame, and Jelani has played there as well; one such occasion was a DTOS concert earlier this year.

    • @MostlyPennyCat
      @MostlyPennyCat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well I hope somebody saved the theatre organ from that old pizza place...

  • @1y2x3c4v5b6n7m8k9l
    @1y2x3c4v5b6n7m8k9l 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    wow. he does something and starwars music comes out of it o.O

  • @GemininoSouza
    @GemininoSouza 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    great, please, do the imperial march

  • @DeedsResearcher
    @DeedsResearcher 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    And if you think THIS was good, you ought to hear his rendition of the William Tell Overture....INCREDIBLE!!!

  • @greghansen4331
    @greghansen4331 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    That thing is a beast! Ten fingers and two feet working independently, hard to believe. I don't know much about organs. Are those more controls underneath each row of keys? And what's going on when the paddle switches flip around?

    • @greghansen4331
      @greghansen4331 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      DFDalton1962 In some ways, it seems like a programmable keyboard/synthesizer before there was such a thing. The price tag on a machine like that must be frightening.

    • @richardharrold9736
      @richardharrold9736 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Greg Hansen Yup. The guy who invented these beasts, Robert Hope-Jones, was a fascinating character. Purveyor of pseudoscience, bisexual, brother of an eminent horologist, friend and colleague of Henry Royce of Rolls-Royce fame (indeed, some early Hope-Jones organs contain action electromagnets wound by Royce himself), financially backed by Mark Twain... a very clever but also very strange man. Sadly, he committed suicide in 1915.

    • @nejay5540
      @nejay5540 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@greghansen4331 the installation of the 5/80 Wurlitzer was over $2M in the Sanfilippo Estate...just to put it in! If you look at prices of new "cost-friendly" organs, you will see they are astonishingly expensive.

  • @hpept
    @hpept 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wurlitzer: a whole symphonic orchestra at your fingertips. No skill included.

  • @Jwend392
    @Jwend392 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Am I the only one here who would like to see a special edition of the Star Wars Trilogy where the soundtrack is completely done by a theater organ?

  • @RudyRydz69
    @RudyRydz69 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Jutro mam kolosa z elektrotechniki i tak leżąc dzisiaj rano w łóżku pomyślałem "A może by tak obejrzeć trylogię, ale kurde jutro jest kolos trzeba się pouczyć...." A tu na JM pokazują taki film. TO JEST ZNAK OD STWÓRCY! Mówi mi "musisz obejrzeć trylogię, pierdol kolosa"

    • @ProrokIkropka
      @ProrokIkropka 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Łatwa ścieżka na ciemną stronę mocy prowadzi... ;)

  • @far8
    @far8 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    multitasking level over 900000+

  • @athompso99
    @athompso99 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Note that he's playing what most musicians would call the "melodic" line with his left hand, not his right. This is common on pipe organs and is historically related to their construction - the "louder" pipes (aka "Swell" or "Great") were often only playable from the lower manual (keyboard rank).

    • @oliviawarrington
      @oliviawarrington 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Totally Amazing.
      Thanks!

    • @Dojora4
      @Dojora4 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Actually... he's playing the melodic line and chords in his left hand! The majority of theatre organs, and very, very few classical organs have what is known as 2nd touch... Two sets of springs, one more tense than the other, and two sets of contacts, allow two registrations or sets of sounds to be played on one manual..

  • @bewareofwil
    @bewareofwil 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I don't know if I'm more excited for Star Wars or baseball.

  • @brutthirtythree6706
    @brutthirtythree6706 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow! Absolutely stunning. And yet who would be an organist? You play with your back to the audience wondering, "are they still there?", spend your precious childhood in the dark practicing scales with your feet, never playing on two instruments the same so you can't take your best work on the road to earn a living, end up stuck in a church with God-botherers for a boss, and at your moment of triumph you stand up to take a bow only to discover you've disappeared down a hole. Learn the guitar, people!

  • @HawiOfficial
    @HawiOfficial 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Very overly used Cliche´ in 3... 2... 1...
    "The force is strong with this one"

  • @CarlWatkins
    @CarlWatkins 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Bravo! Well played sir. That Johnny Williams stuff sure holds up.

  • @PAPOOSELAKESURFER
    @PAPOOSELAKESURFER 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Some big organs the ultra bass take many seconds for the sound to emit, after pedal or key is depressed. An organist must familiarize with each location to pick up the idiosyncrasies, pipes and acoustics.

  • @ramjetrabbit7626
    @ramjetrabbit7626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    And THAT'S how it's done folks!!!! What an instrument, what an organist, and what a performance!!!!! It's the stuff of legends... Thank you again Jelani. Thank you to the WONDERFUL people who own and maintain this MAGNIFICENT WurliTzer!!

  • @heatherwind
    @heatherwind 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This sounds so fantastic that it almost makes me wonder if John Williams had this instrument in mind when he first composed the suite! VERY well done!!

  • @almagenes
    @almagenes 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    For 6 minutes and a half I was back into childhood. Watching this man play was like watching a magician perform a trick in front of my eyes

  • @ferociousgumby
    @ferociousgumby 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just astounding. I don't even LIKE organ music, but this sounds so symphonic. And at the same time, just that little hint of ice rink. I mean that in a good way. This guy is a genius! I don' t know how you play 5 keyboards and what looks like hundreds of stops, not to mention pedals.

  • @Kasaix
    @Kasaix 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Holy crap. Awesome.

  • @Katojana
    @Katojana 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This guy just won the internet of today...

  • @josesolismusic
    @josesolismusic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is out of this world. The amount of preparation for just one piece is astounding.

  • @JonasClark
    @JonasClark 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Absolutely incredible. Hats off to Mr. Eddington, one of the best theatre organists I've ever seen or heard. Perhaps someday I'll see this genius play live; until then, I'll have to settle for these amazing videos.

    • @JonasClark
      @JonasClark 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Also: I'm sure this comment will get buried soon enough, but for those who don't know, he's using several 'tricks' hard-wired in Wurlitzers and replicated on this copy of a Wurlitzer, which allow him to play more than two hands and two feet should be able to. Most important is Second Touch, which puts an additional set of sounds on contacts that engage when keys are pressed with extra force; one hand can play melody and accompaniment using that. He also uses Sostenuto, for example at 1:50 he plays a chord on the 2nd keyboard, and the notes hold as long as he keeps his toe on a lever on the edge of the swell (volume) pedal. This organ also has the ability to divide the pedalboard, giving you bass on the left and sounds coupled down from the keys on the right. Even when watching a player, these can be hard-to-spot and may make one believe there's trickery when it's in video form.

    • @rowanbelt3612
      @rowanbelt3612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JonasClark Thanks for that information! I was aware of the first two features but not the divided pedalboard. Also, I had a chance to hear Mr. Eddington live a few years ago on an instrument about one-quarter the size, and I can affirm that it was an incredible experience. I don't know if I've ever seen someone play a theatre organ with such CARE. He savored every note and chord, and of course (as in this video) his registrations were outstanding, open and singing. Long live theatre organ!

    • @masonjones7740
      @masonjones7740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JonasClark Huh, I've never heard of a divided pedalboard either. Is the split point adjustable?

    • @JonasClark
      @JonasClark 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@masonjones7740 Not that I know of. Eddington's demonstration video on this organ (also posted, and very interesting) goes into both the pedal divide function and second touch.

  • @9409elle
    @9409elle 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    nope. not happening. im outta here

  • @dontparknexttome2591
    @dontparknexttome2591 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This guy has the most skill per capita

    • @MatecaCorp
      @MatecaCorp 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You know "per capita" means "for each head" right? He has the most skill for each head out of all of himself?

  • @nerdchow
    @nerdchow 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I feel like it female emotions had a control panel, it would look something like this.

    • @lsswappedcessna
      @lsswappedcessna 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I guess we now know why they're called "Organists."

    • @themagicboy6548
      @themagicboy6548 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      One button/key for each "gender"

    • @themagicboy6548
      @themagicboy6548 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gus W boi

    • @JonasClark
      @JonasClark 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just thought you might like to know: First, there were several famous female theatre organists, back in the day when these organs were an integral part of the movie-going experience. Iris Vining was an especially big name; Helen Crawford, wife of Jesse Crawford, was also famous, and theatres which hired Jesse (most famously the Chicago Theatre) would install a second console so both of them could play simultaneously. There were very few really famous theatre organists, so having a few women in a tiny group is a big deal.
      Second, a whole lot of women worked for Wurlitzer, the biggest manufacturer. The coil-winding department, a very precise job, was all women, as was the department which produced the several-inch-thick, several-hundred-wire cables that were used to connect console, relay and pipes.
      Oh, and there were women who wrote music for these, too. The big market was for "theme pieces"; many movies didn't have full scores written for them, and organists could draw from libraries of short pieces intended to express a mood and piece together an improvised score from them. Women wrote some of those.
      In short, no, women had a fair bit to do with both building and playing these monsters, and were quite good at both. They didn't dominate that world, but they had a solid part in it.

  • @ZEZERBING
    @ZEZERBING 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just think. The suits at 20th. century tried several times to stop the filming of star wars.because they thought it would bomb.

  • @JacobOvergaardMadsen
    @JacobOvergaardMadsen 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The force is strong with this one :-)

  • @RayMartin
    @RayMartin 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Ah, the mighty Wurlitzer - just stunning! It's what sub-woofers were made for.

    • @nejay5540
      @nejay5540 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except it doesn't have any XD

    • @masterkey2554
      @masterkey2554 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      except some have subwoofers for some pedal stuff.

    • @occamsrayzor
      @occamsrayzor 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@masterkey2554 I meant to listen to, not on the organ :-)

  • @lordathenion
    @lordathenion 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    omg he should be hired by Star Wars and try to participate in the upcoming film...:3

  • @piotao
    @piotao 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    ALE jak on to gra dwiema rękami i nogami, jak ja słyszę co najmniej 10 rąk i spory kawał orkiestry?!

    • @DanteCenere
      @DanteCenere 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      głosy wszelkiej maści i rodzaju

  • @Sonicguy95
    @Sonicguy95 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hold my beer, I can do this....

  • @DashingPartyCrasher
    @DashingPartyCrasher 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    For the one to two percent of people who disliked this: clearly, you've been brainwashed by The Dark Side and are beyond the help of any Jedi Master Organist.

    • @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath
      @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gary Lowell T Isn’t this copyrighted music? If so, as a filmmaker I am opposed to willful copyright infringement. Hence my downvote.

  • @autizmo2963
    @autizmo2963 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You have to dedicate your life to this if you want to pull it off. Not the actual song, but just understanding the damn thing with all of it's controls.

    • @MrLikeke
      @MrLikeke 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Relax. the keyboards are just to drop banana bits on the monkeys in back. They're doing the real work pulling cables, blowing puffs of air and stuff.

    • @johnnyjames7139
      @johnnyjames7139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The instruments are not difficult to understand. The hard part is having the talent to pull off a memorable performance such as this. I'm 73, started working on such instruments when I was 20 in order to get my hands on them. You don't want to hear me play.

  • @vincentpellerin
    @vincentpellerin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is simply awesome! Notice the patch changes he does from 1:20 to 1:42... and all the upper structure chords (poly chords, such as Cmaj triad over Bmaj triad over BbMaj triad with 3 different sets, I don't have it in the right key for this arrangement, but this is the kind of voicing that happened around 2:12). Not only this guy know his instrument from A to Z but he took the time to make his arrangement outstanding in small details, which set the difference between a talented hard working professional and a instant reality TV show amateur idiot. Very nice job! I can't wait to hear more from you!

    • @kdc300z
      @kdc300z 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      shut up.

  • @sannegrootscholten8163
    @sannegrootscholten8163 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Jesus fucking christ

  • @CragScrambler
    @CragScrambler 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    ....if Star wars was a silent movie....

  • @richkurtz6053
    @richkurtz6053 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bravo, Mr. Eddington. I have had the honor of seeing you perform at the Sanfilippo Wurlitzer in person. You and this instrument are truly amazing. I have your 2 Leroy Anderson CD's, one of my favorite composers. This performance is truly wonderful. I only wish I could see it in person. The audio and video crew did great job as well.

  • @ZeroRyoko
    @ZeroRyoko 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing, its the 1920's and I'm watching models on strings bobbing across the screen with sparklers for rocket engines and firework's for explosions wen in suits and ties with ray guns gesticulating wildly as screens with dialogue pop up. I'm loving this ^_^

  • @dmreeoogdaq
    @dmreeoogdaq 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I find the lack of other band members disturbing.

  • @ZhongQiZhang
    @ZhongQiZhang 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He should have put the Darth Vader costume on.

  • @ThomasNzO
    @ThomasNzO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    sheldon cooper plays organ ?? oO

  • @iwtd6
    @iwtd6 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    when you don't have a team of musicians to make an orchestra so you get the organ

  • @josedominguez26
    @josedominguez26 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I want to see the theme of interstellar played in this monster

    • @VonikGames
      @VonikGames 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jose Dominguez same😅

  • @Peusterokos1
    @Peusterokos1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of female fan voices suddenly cried out in ecstasy and were suddenly dripping. I fear something terrible has happened.

  • @AndrewRodden
    @AndrewRodden 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That organ can make the Kessel run in 12 parsecs.

  • @crushedcrystalstudios
    @crushedcrystalstudios 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    HOOOOLY CRAP

    • @SirtubalotTX
      @SirtubalotTX 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's exactly just what I was thinking...

  • @Sagrieth
    @Sagrieth 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And playing all that with absolutely no sheet music....

    • @mexalcorta
      @mexalcorta 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      James Mapes shit I just noticed that lol

  • @MrSam4850
    @MrSam4850 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Force is strong in this 'un!

  • @c-historia
    @c-historia ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Best video ever!

  • @dtprice29
    @dtprice29 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Impressive, most impressive.

    • @iagobg782
      @iagobg782 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fascinating.

  • @elakswindell3837
    @elakswindell3837 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow! Just wow! That was absolutely amazing. I would love to be in the room as he is playing. Being in the actual space with those organs is a fantastic experience. I'd like to hear some other classic sci-fi theme on that grand organ.

  • @Eventhorizon1122
    @Eventhorizon1122 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sounds almost like the SNES version of Star Wars. In a good way.