Organ Video Clips from ‘YouTube’ website

Organ Video Clips from ‘YouTube’ website
For those with a high-speed ASDL / Broadband connection, here are some facinating video clips I’ve come across in the last week on the video hosting website YouTube. I thought they’d better go in this photo gallery rather than 'General Discussions'. Perhaps the photo section should be renamed as the 'iMOD Media Gallery' if anyone know of links to more video clips to enjoy, along with sound files maybe. Any thoughts on this? “Old Songs and Cranks”, a very well edited documentary about street organ grinders in Paris. I didn’t realise there was such a culture for singing with the organs over there! Even a couple of visiting Brits are doing it with a Trueman and “Lambeth Walk”! Sound track in French, but English subtitles. Length is over 10 minutes, but my browser gets to 5:53 and stops, so I haven’t seen the end: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGNnvXEwXCE Large Ruth fair organ at Myrtle Beach Pavilion, USA (note the revolving figures in the side wings – watch ‘em go!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LODo0x6zcEI Only a short clip, but a very nice one of the Perlee “De Arabier” in Amsterdam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyU225eYvtQ “Mammoth Fair Organ: Waltzers Part 1” taken from an old 78. Maybe someone got the labels mixed up though, as this is a very nice Dutch street organ, not a fair organ… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB8cUxFSN_E “Mammoth Fair Organ: Waltzers Part 2”, again from a 78 and actually a Dutch street organ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5udRcmuzD4 “Street Barrel Piano” (from old 78 record): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMHFdEJWqXI Street organ grinder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cawKWe0L_0 Who is this “organ expert” from here in the UK??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ch69-xcy_8 He needs an organ banning order!

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Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina plays "The Poppies Romance" by Neil Moret http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_MO8Pw0yys Nickelodeon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_MO8Pw0yys Street Piano & Accordeon 78rpm disc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_MO8Pw0yys Frog Singalong(!) American Carousel Organ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q9dDbgKdL8 Gebrüder Bruder at Siegfried's Museum, Rüdesheim, Germany (still needs a tune up, Siegfried!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_MO8Pw0yys Street organ in Amsterdam (brief) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_MO8Pw0yys Superb owner-made organ 'Trudy' (would like to hear more of this!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-huUEKJjmY The 'Mikado' has a problem (bigtime!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-hza2czeC8 :cry: Scene Of The Mime (great fun!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVkhqVWhydY Guy Koekoekx's 105-key semi-electronic Decap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFlWIidhj64 Let's post some of our own organ vids onto this fun site. Maybe we can recruit more enthusiasts to the fold! :D

"Trudy" is the organ of the current COAA presisdent Dave Wasson. There are CD's of this organ available. I know Dave, and watched "Trudy" evolve over the years to it's present state.What you didn't see in the video is the Ferris wheel rool changer that he built based upon Phillips/Wurlitzer designs. That in itself is fascinating to watch work.

This is good stuff here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmMq78QGG7U Slide show of a Steam fair. But where? That's ray Bush's Dean so it must be up north. (Oh and turn your speakers off when watching the video!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thFclOz_gQI More singing and organ gringing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFlWIidhj64 The Happy sound of the Decap. Who is this “organ expert” from here in the UK??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ch69-xcy_8 He needs an organ banning order! Haha, I like his style, next time i'm out with my organ and some member of the public asks me if it's a hurdy Gurdy i'll tell them i'm very busy and push em out the door.

oh look, there's an old steam powered organ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80KkGQ80_aM Kettle's boiling....

A Clare Finlay organ I believe. Sounds quite good, they're only the 28 Chiappa scale with extra percussion if I remember rightly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F22Gq_m3Pms And another rare treat. A 100 years old carnival organ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmstBVdO0_0 Sounding good. Frank Heatons Bruder in fine voice as usual... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Wze4HrRC4 Any more???

Great links James – so what happens then when White’s Gavi runs out of steam? Does it need a boiler -*test*-('") and certificate each year as well? Here we have what the video taker called an “Automated Orchestra” – an unusual street / dance organ complete with two accordions on the front… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUmZFkyQCP8 Google announced yesterday that they’re taking over youtube, so this free and fun video hosting website can only get better!

Some more videos (only uploaded to the site within the last few hours!): Large Mortier dance organ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSjboAhoKKo Key frame of the above Mortier… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvMwQlm9NAw Violano Virtuoso violin player… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdy5Ow6vk04 1917 Cremona Nickelodeon player piano… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWxrnUcKgRM

Just found this one of a real steam organ (honestly!) in Rotterdam... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgMKZTlGBbs I'm sure there's plenty more of this sort of thing on the site if you look hard enough, and of course lots of videos are being uploaded daily.

What? You've never heard of that invention by that Yankee Joshua Stoddard called the calliope? (Pronounced cali-ope if you are "with it")

So that's how you pronounce it !! And there's me thinking it was a cal-ee-'ope :-) Just kidding... Man, those things are loud !! There's a "Tangley Calliope" in the "History Museum" in San Jose near where I live - although it's driven by air not steam, the principal of the pipe whistles is the same as the one used on steamboats. Here's a closeup of one: http://www.bandorganmusic.com/machines/mtangley.htm Stephen

Hi James, I had the privlage at Rempstone Steam & Country Show 2004 of operating Frank Heatons Bruder. Ben :D

a 3min long clip of a church organ builder in America, if anyones interested? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_56YpeSLboA enjoy, Eddy.

I'm going to be setting up an account with youtube so I can post some organ video clips of organ I filmed at Rempstone Steam & Country Show this year. I've got another account with youtube which I will be using uploading my music videos,dvd teaser clips and live in concert videos up to as I'm rock/metal musician. Ben :D :D

Thanks for that video clip Eddy.

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