Young organist on youtube

[jbird604]

This will warm your heart. Anybody know who this little guy is?

http://www.youtube.com/user/octavebasse8

[Austin766]

he plays better than I do, of course, he's probably been playing longer and taking lessons longer. He'll have loads of fun when his feet really start to grow, organ shoes aren't the cheapest things in the world.

[BOZ]

Take a listen to his playing here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWFmO254ICo&feature=PlayList&p=ACB80F88F03 0B4FC&index=2

He sounds very much like Virgil Fox! Very impressive.*

[jbird604]

I'mcurious aboutthe organs he performs on. There seem to be 3 different instruments in the various videos. Anybody recognize any of them?

No doubt we'll know moreabout himeventually, if he's as talented as he appears to be.

John

[Austin766]

Well, one is ostensibly an Austin, or an organ with an Austin console, one is obviously a tracker of some sort, the third, I know nothing of, and finally there is the video of him on an Allen pipe/digi hybrid. I wish I knew more, but without knowing where he's from, I can't find out anything. If I knew where he was, thenI could hunt down that Austin, provided that there's only one Austin in his area of three manuals. I could then also check out that Tracker, maybe see if his local AGO chapter had any info on the local organs, preferrably a gallery of local organs.

[Austin766]

forgive me for not following the rules for poting specs, but here are the specs for the Austin:

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
3 manuals
Austin Organs: Opus 2658
Installed 1981

Great
Manuel II
Un-enclosed

___16’ Gemshorn
___8’ Principal
___8’ Gemshorn
___8’ Bourdon
___4’ Octave
___4’ Nachthorn
___2’ Super Octave
___IV Fourniture
___III Scharf
___8’ Trompette
___ Swell 16’
___ Swell 8’ ___ Swell 4’
___ Positiv 16’
___ Positiv 8’
___ Unison Off
___ Chimes



Swell
Manuel III
Enclosed
___16’ Rohrgedeckt
___8’ Viole de Gambe
___8’ Viole Celeste
___8’ Rohrflote
___4’ Principal
___4’ Waldflote
___2-2/3’ Nasard
___2’ Blockflote
___1-3/5’ Tierce
___IV Plein-Jeu
___16’ Fagotto
___8’ Trompete
___8’ Hautbois
___4’ Rohrschalmei
___ Swell 16’
___ Swell 4’ ___ Unison Off
___ Positiv 8’

Positiv
Manuel I
Un-enclosed

___8’ Nason Flute
___8’ Erzahler (in Swell box)
___8’ Erzahler Celeste (in Swell box)
___4’ Prestant
___4’ Koppelflote
___2’ Principal
___1-1/3’ Quint
___1’ Sifflote
___III Cymbel
___8’ Krummhorn
___ Tremulant
___16’ Bombarde (solo reed)
___8’ Bombarde (solo reed)
___4’ Bombarde (solo reed
___ Positiv 16’
___ Positiv 4’
___ Unison Off
___ Swell 16’
___ Swell 8’
___ Swell 4’
___ Great 8’
___ Zimbelstern


Pedal

___32’ Resultant
___16’ Principal
___16’ Sub Bass
___16’ Gemshorn
___16’ Rohrgedeckt (in Swell)
___8’ Principal
___8’ Bourden
___8’ Rohrflote (in Swell)
___4’ Choral Bass
___4’ Flote
___IV Mixture
___16’ Posune
___16’ Fagotto
___8’ Trompete
___4’ Krummhorn
___ Swell 8’
___ Swell 4’
___ Great 8’
___ Positiv 8’

EDIT: octavebass got the opus number wrong, after a little hunting, I have the correct opus number, 2658. 3/52 Austin St. Mark's Episcopal Little Rock, Arkansas.

[Philip the organist]

That Austin is very similar to the one at St. John's Mayfair (ELCA) in Philadelphia, PA where my aunt is organist. Biggest difference is that at St. John's, Man. I is Choir and not Positiv (it has the absolute LOVELIEST Dolce + Dolce Celeste) and there is no pedal 32', although when I played there I used the old trick of playing pedal fifths to imitate a resultant and it sounded pretty good.

[Menschenstimme]

Thank you, Austin, for the stoplist of St. Mark’s Episcopal ChurchAustinOpus 2628. It is not unlike our Schantz III/72. Your Positiv is much like our Choir. Our floating Positiv is below. We also have a few other 'goodies' such as a Kontraposaune 32 and a full-compass Grand Cornet V. (N.B.: In this context, the word 'sanctuary' means 'chancel' because the main organ is in the loft.)

SANCTUARY POSITIV ORGAN (floating)fficeffice" />>>

Gedackt 8’ 61 pipes>>

Gemshorn 8’ 61 pipes>>

Prestant 4’ 61 pipes>>

Gedackt 4’ 12 pipes>>

Gemshorn 2’ 24 pipes>>

Kleinmixtur II 1-1/3’ 122 pipes>>

Tremulant

[Austin766]

Just a word of clarification, I'm in Ohio, that Austin is in Arkansas. I could post the stop list of Austin op. 1576, a 4/55, but, tht'd be kind of a pain.

[jbird604]

Well, I suppose the budding organist is an Arkansas kid. Makes me rather proud!

We've identified the Austin organ atSt. Mark's in Little Rock,and the 4-manual is theRuffati at Immanuel Baptist in Little Rock. I'veplayed that organ once, but I see so many that I didn't recognize it untilmy partner pointed it out tome.

Guess I could do some detective work and find out who thelittle guyis, but I thinkit would be best to let him remain anonymous until he chooses to identify himself. Nice to know that we have someone like him coming along.

John