You could pull the pipe or put a piece of cardboard under the toe to plug the hole and stop it from speaking but be careful not to knock the pipe over causing damage. Call the tuner or person in charge to to correct the situation .
@@Miss_TootsNonsense! I work in CyberSecurity. Life is an always thing. If someone is having to depend on the thing, someone is having to depend on the person who can fix the thing when it breaks. *_When it breaks._* If they don't want to be coming out to fix it at 2 AM, why is it made available to be operated at 2 AM? Whoever is responsible is responsible. That said, _anyone_ always has the option to be kind and respectful.
@babybirdhome Either you are a Moron or you are not familiar with this channel. Anna is being given free time to practice at her own expense with the understanding that no support available. Do you even know where she is?
Pipe organ technician here. Next time, pull the stop and repeatedly work the ciphering note. It may be foreign matter between the pouch or pallet and the toe hole.
Being alone in a venue in the middle of the night can be wonderful as long as you have keys. I worked at a venue for 15 years. Anything electronic in the building was my responsibility. Sound system, video, networking, alarms, even cash registers. As such, I spent many hours after events repairing what broke and preparing for the next event. One of my guilty pleasures was firing up the sound system and having my own concert. I had a nice private stash of recordings straight off the console from various shows, so I'd slap one in, crank it up, and get to work! Often I'd invite friends over and we'd just sit back and enjoy these previous concert recordings. Whilst I have a nice recording studio at home, there's no substitute for the space and power of the real thing.
Maybe the organ thinks it has a chanter like a bagpipe? Try playing "Scotland the brave" and see if it comes around ... 8^) really liked this video for the " backstage problems " side of organ music. Cheers!
I guess this organ always wants to toot its own horn😂😂! Love your vids, Ms. Lapwood! Thank ya for sharing your knowledge of that wonderful instrument! But, in the mechanical world! We say that anything mechanical is designed to fail! Would've love ta help ya, but can ya imagine this old geezer trying to climb up there! Ha, I'd be making my own music screaming and banging inta shit on the way down lol! And there would unfortunately be strong lyrics too! Be well my Dear Lady, and I know that in a busy cosmos, when ya start playing, that God takes a moment to listen and enjoys the talent you are graced with by Him! Play loud and proud!👍✌️🙏🫂❤️🐍
I'm laughing... not at you, Anna... but at the temperamental organ itself. The look on your face was priceless. I sure hope they can get that fixed for you soon.
Organist's recital check list: - music ✔ - shoes ✔ - hammer ✔ - ladder ✔ I've known a couple of cathedral organists who aren't averse to Going Inside (technical term) and having a good old rummage in response ro a cipher. Even just lifting the offending pipe up off the wind chest can make the difference between a recital proceeding and not.
Yeah, this is not meant to be a criticism but I can't imagine she would just sit there for hours and listen without getting curious and going looking for the offending sound. Sumthin is stuck.
To share this video is what makes you distinct from the vast majority of organists I believe. You keep your humour in this quite odd situation, remain the kind and warm-hearted person we have seen so often in the past. I cannot imagine that your love for the organ and for organ playing will ever end at any point during your lifetime (which hopefully will be very loooong). Regarding the change of your facial expression during these two minutes I would tend to claim that we might have seen another undiscovered (?) talent of Anna Lapwood. Keep on the good work and keep being just you.
That's why I took a sneak peek into organ building between two jobs: Two be able to locate and, in the best case, even fix problems like that. Would've been a great use of five hours of spare time to investigate the pipe chamber maybe. 🙂 Another option in case you just wanna play _something_ -- even if not practicing the originally intended piece: Improvisation! I can remember one of my pieces on a CD is titled "Improv on a Hanging Valve". 😀
As a heavy truck tech that works and designs hydraulic systems I run into "Gremlins" like this occasionally, and I feel your pain. The last time a "Gremlin" popped up we worked for two days trying to diagnose a intermittent control issue with a rather expensive pump that would magically go from 500 psi at rest to 5000 psi loading without any prompting. And it would do this at random. No reason at all. We did finally found the issue but it was one of those "This never happens" to "Well damn. I guess it can happen" issues. It was dirt. Literally a 5 micron chunk of dirt stuck in a control orifice. Like I said, I can feel your pain. Just in a different industry.
Hm.. Some people go to stand up comedy to listen to swearing for about an hour (wich I would never enjoy). Some others watch "funny organ faults" for 2 mins and it feels like it really was funny, especially seeing someones smile reaction on what is happening. I feel silly-soundy things much "funnier" than any jokes.. 😜👍❤️
Well, it's pretty fun exploring back where the pipes are, and might even find a solution! As an organ player, I find it curious that us keyboard players are much less likely to know how to fix our instruments than almost any other musician. It's a lot of factors, including complexity, and not having a personal instrument you carry around with you, but still interesting.
Reminds me of the time I asked my father if I could put a pipe organ in the house and he responded, "Only if you can build it!" Next week he is asking me if I am proud and told me not to do it and had a box from The Organ Historical Society in his hand. You should have seen the look on his face when I pulled out a two volume set of, "The Art of Organ Building." So no pipe organs were no longer allowed in his house, "Period!" I didn't take kindly to his chide of, "You couldn't even make one with that g.d. book!" Well I made an eight foot pipe out of plastic tubing and spliced it into the dryer vent. Then went camping, the funny thing was he could on hear it when he sat in his chair the floor above and knowing I did something, couldn't figure it out. It blew his mind I put the organ pipe in the dryer vent behind the refrigerator. He was glad he only had one load of wash to do. I always love Organ recitals but a well known one was going to be playing at a church in the city and using public transportation arrived early when she was still practicing. Well she started playing and cussed, to which I laughed and her head popped up from the console and I was removed to the lobby. I totally enjoyed listening to what goes into a practice and it never dawned on the guy who put me in the lobby that he should also turn off the sound. Man did she cuss like a sailor and reminded me of my mother at the piano, but with no, "Oops I shouldn't cuss," or telling the air she promises to stop cussing, as I was hiding in the kitchen listening to her.
Congratulations on your new set of giant bagpipes! ;p all jokes aside, that must be awful…I thought my hurdy gurdy maintenance was a nightmare, but I can’t imagine being in your spot. Hope you can call the organ technician first thing in the morning…and maybe do some improv around the note? See how many chord combinations you can incorporate it in? Good luck!
Compton theatre organs tend to make all kinds of sounds (also the pedal Ophicleide) during startup. Every time I start the wind engine, I make a quick prayer for no cyphers 🙏
Don't you hate it when that happens? One time I had it happen where within 10 seconds of me turning on the organ ALL the pipes came on full tutti!!! I majorly freaked out the first time that happened. It is SO loud! I'm just glad it only did it at practice time and not right before a church service.
Call Nigel Turner from Harrison&Harrison. He shall fix it, and by this occasion give him my regards from Swiss-Joe. By the way, do you compose music also by yourself? And......what about women composers of organ music for a change? 😊
I don't know if they let you up in the chambers, but perhaps you could silence it? If not, now is the perfect time to work on that Anna Lapwood Toccata & Fugue in G#. LOL!
Oh, dear, that is annoying. 😆 A pipe organ, being so complex is expected to have a mind of its own sometimes :)) I'm just building mine and got to fire up the blower before Christmas. As I was opening sliders to check for leaks there were multiple...😅
I assume there is some sort of secueity skeleton-crew at the Albert Hall around the clock, but it still must be intense to have a building like this more or less to yourself in the middle of the night. I can only extrapolate from my experience with a medium-sized countryside cinema thatwould probably easily fit into your auditorium.
About 30 minutes before a wedding I had one of those, not as loud but distracting enough. I couldn’t reach the offending pipe rank but with a churchwarden’s mace I was just able to stuff a tea towel in the mouth of the pipe, which silenced it! phew!
1) find the offending note at the console and play it repeatedly. If that doesn’t work, go into the chamber and Carefully Tap the tuning wire down until the pipe goes silent. Essentially you’re stopping the reed from vibrating.
Of course no one wants an organist in there, but in the case of a recalcitrant cipher, I don’t see a problem with it. The best thing would be for the technician to show Anna some basics. I’ve done that for my clients as my service territory is 2500km by 2500km. Bigger than several UK’s put together.
During those 5 hours …. look around backstage and if you find a Nord keyboard, plug it through the main hall amplifier and speakers and practice that way!
Organ ciphers are a real pill. I temporarily fixed one on the theater pipe organ I play by removing the pipe. Not an option for you at Albert Hall. . . 🎹🥴
Are you in need of an organ donor now? Or will a firmware update do the trick? Is there a “soft” and “hard” reset option when “rebooting” the instrument?
This gives the same vibe as not being able to catch that mosquito that has been keeping you awake for the past hour.
You could pull the pipe or put a piece of cardboard under the toe to plug the hole and stop it from speaking but be careful not to knock the pipe over causing damage. Call the tuner or person in charge to to correct the situation .
@@TMdeThomasat 2am,? 🤣🤣 Not on this planet pal
Bloody big mosquito!
@@Miss_TootsNonsense! I work in CyberSecurity. Life is an always thing. If someone is having to depend on the thing, someone is having to depend on the person who can fix the thing when it breaks. *_When it breaks._* If they don't want to be coming out to fix it at 2 AM, why is it made available to be operated at 2 AM? Whoever is responsible is responsible.
That said, _anyone_ always has the option to be kind and respectful.
@babybirdhome Either you are a Moron or you are not familiar with this channel. Anna is being given free time to practice at her own expense with the understanding that no support available. Do you even know where she is?
It's a ship coming in! Run!
That first immediate look to camera when the note sounded… meme-worthy. 😂
It's Helm's Horn! Saruman's armies are attacking! 😂
Pipe organ technician here. Next time, pull the stop and repeatedly work the ciphering note. It may be foreign matter between the pouch or pallet and the toe hole.
I guess that's why some pieces are called "pipe dusters", right? :)
@ Not heard of that one!
Being alone in a venue in the middle of the night can be wonderful as long as you have keys.
I worked at a venue for 15 years. Anything electronic in the building was my responsibility. Sound system, video, networking, alarms, even cash registers. As such, I spent many hours after events repairing what broke and preparing for the next event. One of my guilty pleasures was firing up the sound system and having my own concert. I had a nice private stash of recordings straight off the console from various shows, so I'd slap one in, crank it up, and get to work!
Often I'd invite friends over and we'd just sit back and enjoy these previous concert recordings. Whilst I have a nice recording studio at home, there's no substitute for the space and power of the real thing.
Sounds like you had a cracking job and loved doing it.
If you need something to do for 5 hrs, could start with sitting in every seat in the hall. bet no-one's done that
Maybe the organ thinks it has a chanter like a bagpipe? Try playing "Scotland the brave" and see if it comes around ... 8^) really liked this video for the " backstage problems " side of organ music. Cheers!
I guess this organ always wants to toot its own horn😂😂! Love your vids, Ms. Lapwood! Thank ya for sharing your knowledge of that wonderful instrument! But, in the mechanical world! We say that anything mechanical is designed to fail! Would've love ta help ya, but can ya imagine this old geezer trying to climb up there! Ha, I'd be making my own music screaming and banging inta shit on the way down lol! And there would unfortunately be strong lyrics too! Be well my Dear Lady, and I know that in a busy cosmos, when ya start playing, that God takes a moment to listen and enjoys the talent you are graced with by Him! Play loud and proud!👍✌️🙏🫂❤️🐍
This is, hands-down, the funniest reel I have ever seen. 😂😂 Well, top 3 at least. 😅😅
I'm laughing... not at you, Anna... but at the temperamental organ itself. The look on your face was priceless. I sure hope they can get that fixed for you soon.
Organist's recital check list:
- music ✔
- shoes ✔
- hammer ✔
- ladder ✔
I've known a couple of cathedral organists who aren't averse to Going Inside (technical term) and having a good old rummage in response ro a cipher. Even just lifting the offending pipe up off the wind chest can make the difference between a recital proceeding and not.
Yeah, this is not meant to be a criticism but I can't imagine she would just sit there for hours and listen without getting curious and going looking for the offending sound. Sumthin is stuck.
Pedal pipes are heavy to rise up. Could be convenient to put a cloth into mouth if recognizable and easily reach
@@vittoriobacchiega9118sadly it's a reed pipe so there is no convenient mouth, and the pipe will be quite long, heavy, and probably folded.
@@vittoriobacchiega9118 Excellent suggestion.
The look on Anna's face when she thinks it's gone and then....RRRRRRRRRRRR. Proof that the organ has a sense of humor.
To share this video is what makes you distinct from the vast majority of organists I believe. You keep your humour in this quite odd situation, remain the kind and warm-hearted person we have seen so often in the past. I cannot imagine that your love for the organ and for organ playing will ever end at any point during your lifetime (which hopefully will be very loooong). Regarding the change of your facial expression during these two minutes I would tend to claim that we might have seen another undiscovered (?) talent of Anna Lapwood. Keep on the good work and keep being just you.
I love your mood at 1:44am ... for this smile I would travel the whole day...
A face that would launch a single car 😂
lol your face as you proved the cypher was still there seemed perfectly appropriate with the noise
It's a challenge! Do a full improvisation around this 'sostenuto'.
Six sharps and a double sharp on the clef. Could be worse :-)
Anna, maybe you'll have to pretend that is a" bagpipe drone"!!!!!😂😂😂😅😅😅
sounds like it had to much taco bell! LOL! 😆😆😆
Thanks for giving us a laugh 🤭 Hope it settles itself 💗
That's why I took a sneak peek into organ building between two jobs: Two be able to locate and, in the best case, even fix problems like that.
Would've been a great use of five hours of spare time to investigate the pipe chamber maybe. 🙂
Another option in case you just wanna play _something_ -- even if not practicing the originally intended piece: Improvisation!
I can remember one of my pieces on a CD is titled "Improv on a Hanging Valve". 😀
As a heavy truck tech that works and designs hydraulic systems I run into "Gremlins" like this occasionally, and I feel your pain.
The last time a "Gremlin" popped up we worked for two days trying to diagnose a intermittent control issue with a rather expensive pump that would magically go from 500 psi at rest to 5000 psi loading without any prompting. And it would do this at random. No reason at all.
We did finally found the issue but it was one of those "This never happens" to "Well damn. I guess it can happen" issues.
It was dirt.
Literally a 5 micron chunk of dirt stuck in a control orifice.
Like I said, I can feel your pain. Just in a different industry.
Your reactions are just too cute.
😮Anna you have broken it! Oh my gosh what will you do. 😂. Love watching you, your so funny
"I can practice!"
the organ: "nuh uh"
1:44 in the morning. I guess we are living on different planets 😂😂😂
Love your angry mum face lol
organ says noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
The airplanes flying over my house at 10PM:
You're experiencing the law of perverse behavior of inanimate objects.
It sounds like a drone from a synthesizer. All you need now is a drum machine, and you've got an EDM hit.
Sounds like it’s tired and needs a hug.
Perfect! Jinxed it! :D
If it happens again on anything else. Play that note repeatedly. It could simply be debris not allowing the valve to close.
Hm..
Some people go to stand up comedy to listen to swearing for about an hour (wich I would never enjoy).
Some others watch "funny organ faults" for 2 mins and it feels like it really was funny, especially seeing someones smile reaction on what is happening.
I feel silly-soundy things much "funnier" than any jokes.. 😜👍❤️
It’s a sticking valve! Give it a clean! Fraser ❤❤❤
With that drone it's basically just a bagpipe now! Best of both worlds!
I had a cipher on an open wood once but it fixed when i played the notes below it lol
Brilliant, even organ technology can get in life's way.❤
Well, it's pretty fun exploring back where the pipes are, and might even find a solution!
As an organ player, I find it curious that us keyboard players are much less likely to know how to fix our instruments than almost any other musician. It's a lot of factors, including complexity, and not having a personal instrument you carry around with you, but still interesting.
I certainly wouldn't want to try and fix the Albert Hall organ and risk breaking it even more!
Reminds me of the time I asked my father if I could put a pipe organ in the house and he responded, "Only if you can build it!" Next week he is asking me if I am proud and told me not to do it and had a box from The Organ Historical Society in his hand. You should have seen the look on his face when I pulled out a two volume set of, "The Art of Organ Building." So no pipe organs were no longer allowed in his house, "Period!"
I didn't take kindly to his chide of, "You couldn't even make one with that g.d. book!" Well I made an eight foot pipe out of plastic tubing and spliced it into the dryer vent. Then went camping, the funny thing was he could on hear it when he sat in his chair the floor above and knowing I did something, couldn't figure it out. It blew his mind I put the organ pipe in the dryer vent behind the refrigerator. He was glad he only had one load of wash to do.
I always love Organ recitals but a well known one was going to be playing at a church in the city and using public transportation arrived early when she was still practicing. Well she started playing and cussed, to which I laughed and her head popped up from the console and I was removed to the lobby. I totally enjoyed listening to what goes into a practice and it never dawned on the guy who put me in the lobby that he should also turn off the sound. Man did she cuss like a sailor and reminded me of my mother at the piano, but with no, "Oops I shouldn't cuss," or telling the air she promises to stop cussing, as I was hiding in the kitchen listening to her.
Congratulations on your new set of giant bagpipes! ;p all jokes aside, that must be awful…I thought my hurdy gurdy maintenance was a nightmare, but I can’t imagine being in your spot. Hope you can call the organ technician first thing in the morning…and maybe do some improv around the note? See how many chord combinations you can incorporate it in? Good luck!
The same look I give the drum section during band practice
Compton theatre organs tend to make all kinds of sounds (also the pedal Ophicleide) during startup. Every time I start the wind engine, I make a quick prayer for no cyphers 🙏
Don't you hate it when that happens? One time I had it happen where within 10 seconds of me turning on the organ ALL the pipes came on full tutti!!! I majorly freaked out the first time that happened. It is SO loud! I'm just glad it only did it at practice time and not right before a church service.
In Germany, this fault is called a 'Heuler', maybe howler in English. It's difficult to ignore, really goes on one's nerves.
Same issue happened to me but on GO keyboard a week before Te Deum sing for end of year celebration! Race to contact emergency organbuilder to fix it!
"Captain, we sprung a leak!!!!!"
Seems like Prince Albert is not in a good mood that night or in a mood for mischief
The Ghost in the Machine 😀
What is that line from a song, “smile though your heart is breaking”. So composed as the show must go on, no business like show business
I'm sorry, but this was hilarious.
Anna: "I can practice!"
Organ: "Noooooooooo!"
The organ is yearning for the days when it was a foghorn beside some treacherous rocks 😂
Brings to mind the wind playing with my leaky double glazing.
Hi Anna, I’m celebrating that I have tickets to your San Francisco performance for April 10th. I’m sure things will go smoothly then.
We need more Anna on this side of the pond!
Call Nigel Turner from Harrison&Harrison. He shall fix it, and by this occasion give him my regards from Swiss-Joe.
By the way, do you compose music also by yourself? And......what about women composers of organ music for a change? 😊
I laughed so hard...Sorry..🤣🤣🤣
I don't know if they let you up in the chambers, but perhaps you could silence it?
If not, now is the perfect time to work on that Anna Lapwood Toccata & Fugue in G#. LOL!
Oh, dear, that is annoying. 😆 A pipe organ, being so complex is expected to have a mind of its own sometimes :)) I'm just building mine and got to fire up the blower before Christmas. As I was opening sliders to check for leaks there were multiple...😅
Just found this. I’m fascinated
Extraordinary
Bon courage!
It’s pining for the fjords
I assume there is some sort of secueity skeleton-crew at the Albert Hall around the clock, but it still must be intense to have a building like this more or less to yourself in the middle of the night. I can only extrapolate from my experience with a medium-sized countryside cinema thatwould probably easily fit into your auditorium.
About 30 minutes before a wedding I had one of those, not as loud but distracting enough. I couldn’t reach the offending pipe rank but with a churchwarden’s mace I was just able to stuff a tea towel in the mouth of the pipe, which silenced it! phew!
Sounds like the RAH is a lighthouse at heart. Even if it's Frensel lens is extremely elusive.
No worries, it’s just the opening note of the slow movement from the Saint-Saens Organ Symphony!
1) find the offending note at the console and play it repeatedly. If that doesn’t work, go into the chamber and Carefully Tap the tuning wire down until the pipe goes silent. Essentially you’re stopping the reed from vibrating.
No-one not qualified goes into the chamber of the Albert Hall Willis, not even Anna.
Of course no one wants an organist in there, but in the case of a recalcitrant cipher, I don’t see a problem with it. The best thing would be for the technician to show Anna some basics. I’ve done that for my clients as my service territory is 2500km by 2500km. Bigger than several UK’s put together.
@@JB-td4eiI just have this terrible image of someone losing their balance and falling onto a windchest of vintage Willis pipework.😵😵
During those 5 hours …. look around backstage and if you find a Nord keyboard, plug it through the main hall amplifier and speakers and practice that way!
Now joking aside, this could be a plan for Anna!
Maybe you could play a wee tune with that note in it😂
I ❤Anna at 1:44am 😃 🎶
Bagpipers have that all the time - go figure!!😂
It's the fog-horn😂
You could just break into “I Feel Fine”!
Hahaha! It sounds like a cruise ship horn.
Spooky sound😂😂😂😂
Ship Ahoy 🤣
Organ ciphers are a real pill. I temporarily fixed one on the theater pipe organ I play by removing the pipe. Not an option for you at Albert Hall. . . 🎹🥴
I have never heard of or seen that 😮
Maybe you can play along to some nice single-note Gregorian chants! Or pretend that the organ is actually a didgeridoo!
Is it possible to drop in and listen to a practice session? My guess is that security will say.......''not allowed.''
Have you tried solving the problem like Grumpy in Snow White?
Nice Song ....what was it ? Alone in Space ?🤣 Or Deep inside the Microwave ?
Have you given it a thwack on the side? Used to work for my parent's old telly
Organ involuntary in G#?
Are you in need of an organ donor now?
Or will a firmware update do the trick?
Is there a “soft” and “hard” reset option when “rebooting” the instrument?
Time to contact the sound engineer... unless you are very near a harbor.
Every component has a failure rate. With the number of components in an Organ the surprise is that it works at all. Have Fun!
you could practice around it as a drone
"Turned it off and on again...", did you call I.T. Support? 😅
Is the pipe too big for you to go in the chamber and pull it out of the chest?
🤨🥺🙂😊 1:30😒🙄😐
🤣🤣
Tell for the captain he should not use the horn of the boat while you practice!
This modern hi tech stuff.....check to see if there's an update ready.
Stuck valves?
been there done that...
Do Harrisons do 2am service calls?
Poor Anna!
The Ophicleide is awfy loud!
1:44 in the morning and 144 Likes... *♥️