My grandfather, Paul Wangerin, was first cousin of Adolph Wangerin, who founded the Wangerin Organ company. It is always a pleasure to see an organ that is part of the family. I also appreciated greatly the selection of music played on this instrument. Lots of great Lutheran hymns including Lord Thee I Love With All My Heart at the beginning and end of this presentation. As a retired Lutheran pastor I can’t count the number of times I referred to that hymn in my ministry. Pastor Mark Wangerin
Another great demonstration of another great organ! Thanks again to team Andrew and Brent for bringing these videos together for us. I really like the versatility of this instrument. It is an example of a different take of "American Classic" I do agree with Andrew in that I would have much preferred that a Romantic to American Classic approach such as this organ would have taken hold. I find it more musical and versatile.
Beautiful. Some really nice sounds in there and the luxury of a proper 16ft Gemshorn - a most underrated but hugely valuable stop. I've also a very soft spot for triangular flutes, they have such a lovely sound but because they're tricky to make well they don't get specified anything like as often as they should. Yet another fabulous video, thankyou for posting.
This is a very interesting organ. I heard about this organ and restoration. One of Wangerin's first organs, and the last one it worked on before it ceased operations in 1942 due to WWII. Thanks for showing this great instrument!!!
Dear Mr Johnson, I always look forward to your pipe organ videos; please keep up the great work. We are in the final phase of an organ restoration project in my parish church, Bloemfontein Anglican Cathedral. The Cathedral was built in 1863, and although relatively small, is a rather lovely building. The most famous person to be baptised here was JRR Tolkien, in 1892. Tolkien’s father was a Barclay’s bank manager in Bloemfontein. This historically important city is South Africa’s judicial capital, and located in the Free State Province. The instrument is a 2 manual, 21 stop ASJ Dekker instrument from 1927, which was donated to us by a decommissioned church in Graaff Reinet. The work is being done by Protea Organ Builders of Brandfort. Greetings to you & your team from South Africa.
@ The Dekker company was located in Holland, but no longer exists. As far as we can tell, it was originally a stock organ of 17 stops. The instrument was shipped here, then assembled by Cooper, Gill & Tomkins in 1930; 4 ranks were added to give the instrument a more English sound (long story!) - as far as we know these came from a decommissioned 1890 Norman & Beard instrument. It was rebuilt a few decades later. (there aren’t too many archive documents). But the instrument was overdue for a restoration as early as 20 years ago. The rebuilding work in the Cathedral will resume in January, and the entire project is expected to be completed just before Easter.
@@LancePhillip212 I thought I'd ask where that organ builder ASJ Dekker came from. But you knew where it came from too. I already knew where exactly he came from, I even played his grandly built organ in the Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland in the city of Goes where the organ builder ASJ Dekker himself was located.
From 0:31 I hear a hanger in the bass section of 1 of the 16vt registers of the pedal (a low bass background noise). I think the pendant is on the B-flat accord and is on the lowest octave of the pedalboard (1 of the 16vt registers). But it is a beautiful large organ.
@@OrganMediaFoundation no, not that. I hear 1 long lasting tone, and my ears are not bad that I have a low tone (or from the traffic outside) in my ears. Or it could be that I hear the motor of the organ.
I hope you'll pay us in the Dubuque area another visit soon as there are some other organs that you should see in addition to the ones you already saw in the area.
The Wangerin organs I had any contact with were all unit organs so I was not able to learn what their straight chest action was. I assumed it was a Pitman variant. Can you confirm that’s what is used in this organ? Also, I don’t believe it was mentioned but I am wondering if this organ began life with a 30-note pedalboard. I noticed a couple of stopped pipes fastened to the wall and often that’s a clue. Overall a beautifully curated instrument with a lot of registration capabilities (although a Great mixture wouldn’t hurt). It is nice to have Andrew demonstrating some of these instruments. Resident organists do well but sometimes an individual with a wider perspective can show the organ even better.
Also, is Sherman Park Lutheran Church still in existence? I played a recital there on my 30th birthday, my page turner was Richard Gehrke (son of Prof. Hugo at Concordia) on his 33rd birthday 11/20/77. It had a very fine organ, & hosted many world renowned organists, whose autographs were fabricated onto brass plates & attached to the console. Scott Riedel was DOM in those days.
A 32' resultant is a synthetic stop created by playing a 16' pipe with another rank sounding a fifth above the unison. The two notes sounding together reinforce every other vibration of the 16', giving an acoustic simulation of a 32' pipe sounding.
My grandfather, Paul Wangerin, was first cousin of Adolph Wangerin, who founded the Wangerin Organ company. It is always a pleasure to see an organ that is part of the family. I also appreciated greatly the selection of music played on this instrument. Lots of great Lutheran hymns including Lord Thee I Love With All My Heart at the beginning and end of this presentation. As a retired Lutheran pastor I can’t count the number of times I referred to that hymn in my ministry. Pastor Mark Wangerin
This organ is beautiful, but Andrew’s wonderful improvisation deserves to be studied all by itself.
Another great demonstration of another great organ! Thanks again to team Andrew and Brent for bringing these videos together for us. I really like the versatility of this instrument. It is an example of a different take of "American Classic" I do agree with Andrew in that I would have much preferred that a Romantic to American Classic approach such as this organ would have taken hold. I find it more musical and versatile.
Beautiful. Some really nice sounds in there and the luxury of a proper 16ft Gemshorn - a most underrated but hugely valuable stop. I've also a very soft spot for triangular flutes, they have such a lovely sound but because they're tricky to make well they don't get specified anything like as often as they should. Yet another fabulous video, thankyou for posting.
Wow a cool organ!
This is a very interesting organ. I heard about this organ and restoration. One of Wangerin's first organs, and the last one it worked on before it ceased operations in 1942 due to WWII. Thanks for showing this great instrument!!!
An amazing organ. And the nicest 8' Clarinet I've heard in years. Andrew is right- this organ could give AS a run for their money. Thanks Guys!
One of the most beautiful organs I have ever seen on your channel! Absolute pleasure!
Beautiful organ. The Swell Geigen Principal 4' is fantastic - really the whole Swell is fantastic.
Dear Mr Johnson, I always look forward to your pipe organ videos; please keep up the great work.
We are in the final phase of an organ restoration project in my parish church, Bloemfontein Anglican Cathedral.
The Cathedral was built in 1863, and although relatively small, is a rather lovely building. The most famous person to be baptised here was JRR Tolkien, in 1892. Tolkien’s father was a Barclay’s bank manager in Bloemfontein.
This historically important city is South Africa’s judicial capital, and located in the Free State Province.
The instrument is a 2 manual, 21 stop ASJ Dekker instrument from 1927, which was donated to us by a decommissioned church in Graaff Reinet. The work is being done by Protea Organ Builders of Brandfort.
Greetings to you & your team from South Africa.
@@LancePhillip212 Do you know where the organ builder ASJ Dekker and which country it comes from?
@ The Dekker company was located in Holland, but no longer exists.
As far as we can tell, it was originally a stock organ of 17 stops.
The instrument was shipped here, then assembled by Cooper, Gill & Tomkins in 1930; 4 ranks were added to give the instrument a more English sound (long story!) - as far as we know these came from a decommissioned 1890 Norman & Beard instrument.
It was rebuilt a few decades later. (there aren’t too many archive documents).
But the instrument was overdue for a restoration as early as 20 years ago.
The rebuilding work in the Cathedral will resume in January, and the entire project is expected to be completed just before Easter.
@@LancePhillip212 I thought I'd ask where that organ builder ASJ Dekker came from. But you knew where it came from too. I already knew where exactly he came from, I even played his grandly built organ in the Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland in the city of Goes where the organ builder ASJ Dekker himself was located.
@@LancePhillip212 and Holland is not actually a state, but two provinces (South Holland and North Holland) in the Netherlands.
From 0:31 I hear a hanger in the bass section of 1 of the 16vt registers of the pedal (a low bass background noise). I think the pendant is on the B-flat accord and is on the lowest octave of the pedalboard (1 of the 16vt registers). But it is a beautiful large organ.
You're probably actually hearing highway noise. The sound from the room microphones was faded in slowly from the beginning of the video.
@@OrganMediaFoundation no, not that. I hear 1 long lasting tone, and my ears are not bad that I have a low tone (or from the traffic outside) in my ears. Or it could be that I hear the motor of the organ.
Very nice organ and sound
organo stupendo ,registri bellissimi , pochi cosi😍😍
Great video! You should visit Saint John’s WELS Lutheran church in Milwaukee!
You mean St. John's on the Hillside? If so. . . you just might be in luck!
The full size statue of "live" Jesus is beautiful.
I hope you'll pay us in the Dubuque area another visit soon as there are some other organs that you should see in addition to the ones you already saw in the area.
TLH!!!
One of the best hymnals of all time!
Nice organ for sure but You must to come to Europe too...see awesome much older majestic organs starting Notre Dame which many keep the ultimate best.
The Wangerin organs I had any contact with were all unit organs so I was not able to learn what their straight chest action was. I assumed it was a Pitman variant. Can you confirm that’s what is used in this organ? Also, I don’t believe it was mentioned but I am wondering if this organ began life with a 30-note pedalboard. I noticed a couple of stopped pipes fastened to the wall and often that’s a clue. Overall a beautifully curated instrument with a lot of registration capabilities (although a Great mixture wouldn’t hurt). It is nice to have Andrew demonstrating some of these instruments. Resident organists do well but sometimes an individual with a wider perspective can show the organ even better.
Andrew, do you know if Paul Bouman served at St. Stephen’s back in the day?
I had forgotten about that!
Also, is Sherman Park Lutheran Church still in existence? I played a recital there on my 30th birthday, my page turner was Richard Gehrke (son of Prof. Hugo at Concordia) on his 33rd birthday 11/20/77. It had a very fine organ, & hosted many world renowned organists, whose autographs were fabricated onto brass plates & attached to the console. Scott Riedel was DOM in those days.
At the end of these overviews, the same appropriate and familiar piece to 'show off' the sounds, would be nice.
So... please explain to me, a layman, what is meant by a "Resultant" as in the 32' Resultant on this instrument?
A 32' resultant is a synthetic stop created by playing a 16' pipe with another rank sounding a fifth above the unison. The two notes sounding together reinforce every other vibration of the 16', giving an acoustic simulation of a 32' pipe sounding.
very neutral sounds and no where enough volume in the organ. lacking excitement.
You must be a troll you comment this on every video
@@Lilkenneyofficial i dont think so unlikelyofficial. some are outstanding some are meh some are worse than a poor attempt than dying analog unit.