>>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL.

SUPPORTING ARTS, ADVANCING CULTURE, AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO ARTISTS, EVENTS AND CLASSES AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM.

>> FROM THESE CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS -- AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> THIS TIME ON "BROAD & HIGH" -- THEY CALL IT "THE MIGHT MORTON," ONE OF THE LAST SPECTACULAR THEATER ORGANS BUILT FOR THE SILENT MOVIE ERA.

COME WITH US TO THE OHIO THEATRE WHERE "THE MIGHTY MORTON" STILL GIVES YOU GOOSEBUMPS.

WHETHER YOU'RE THERE FOR A MOVIE OR A SYMPHONY.

RIGHT NOW ON "BROAD & HIGH."

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>>> WELCOME TO "BROAD & HIGH."

I'M YOUR HOST KATE QUICKEL.

100 YEARS AGO WHEN SILENT MOVIES WERE ALL THE RAGE, THE MASSIVE THEATER ORGANS THAT PROVIDED THE ACCOMPANIMENT FOR THOSE FILMS GOT STAR BILLING.

AND FEW OF THOSE ORGANS WERE AS IMPRESSIVE AS "THE MIGHTY MORTON" AT THE OHIO THEATRE.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE'LL LEARN ABOUT THE ORGAN'S HISTORY, HOW IT WORKS, HOW IT HELPED SAVE THE THEATER, AND YOU WILL HEAR IT IN ALL ITS GLORY.

>>> HELLO EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL OHIO THEATRE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.

MY NAME IS JIM CANTRELL AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING THE STAGE MANAGER AND HEAD CARPENTER OF THIS BEAUTIFUL VENUE.

TODAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A TOUR OF "THE MIGHTY MORTON" THEATER ORGAN.

AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA TAKE YOU DOWNSTAIRS TO MEET THE AMAZING CLARK WILSON, WHO'S GONNA TAKE YOU ON A TOUR TO SEE THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF HOW THIS AMAZING INSTRUMENT FUNCTIONS AND OPERATES.

COME WITH ME.

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ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY, LET'S SAY HI TO CLARK.

>> HEY, HI.

WELCOME TO THE OHIO THEATRE.

IN THE BASEMENT, WHERE THE ORGANIST LIVES.

THIS IS -- PARDON ME.

OF COURSE MASKED UP AS USUAL.

IN THESE COVID-TIMES.

I'VE EVEN GOT MY COVID HAIRCUT OF NINE MONTHS NOW.

SO, WE DON'T USUALLY LOOK LIKE THIS AT THE OHIO THEATRE.

BUT, WE THOUGHT TODAY RATHER THAN THE TUXEDO AND JUST SHOWING THE ORGAN AND MUSIC FROM OUT FRONT WHERE THE AUDIENCES ALWAYS GETS A CHANCE SEE, WE WOULD GO BEHIND THE SCENES.

SO, EVERYBODY'S DRESSED DOWN FOR THAT.

AND WE THOUGHT WE'D START DOWN HERE.

SO, YOU CAN SEE THE DRESSING ROOM AND THE HALLWAYS.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE ORCHESTRA PIT TO SEE THE ORCHESTRA LIFT.

WE'LL SEE THE BLOWER.

THE ACTUAL COMPRESSOR THAT RUNS THE ORGAN AND SO ON.

AND, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

UP IN THE ACTUAL ORGAN LOFTS THEMSELVES.

WHILE WE'RE DOWN HERE IN THE DRESSING ROOM, LET ME STAND UP AND SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS LIKE COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES THAT WERE MINTED YEARS AGO OF THE TWO ORIGINAL ORGANISTS AT THE OHIO THEATRE.

THIS ONE IS BILL DALTON, THE ORGANIST FROM 1928-1933.

AND THEN IN 1933, ROGER GARRETT PICKED UP AND PLAYED UNTIL 1942.

THEY WERE FULLTIME ORGANISTS.

ROGER WAS REMEMBERED WAY UP INTO THE ë60s AND ë70s.

AND HE'S THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY PLAYED THE FAREWELL CONCERT IN 1969 WHEN THEY SOLD OUT THE THEATRE.

3,300 PEOPLE IN THIS PLACE.

AND THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS THE END OF THE ROAD.

OF COURSE, THAT THE THEATRE WOULD BE TORN DOWN.

AND OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE REST IS HISTORY.

CAPA WAS FORMED, THE BUILDING WAS SAVED, THE ORGAN WAS A BIG PART OF THAT BUILDING, CALLING ATTENTION TO THE NEED OF THE OHIO AT THE TIME.

BUT, WE'RE ALL STILL HERE.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, 80 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR, "THE DISPATCH" AND DID A TWO-PAGE SPREAD ON THE ORGAN CALLED "A TRIP TO THE ORGAN LOFT."

SO, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD PARALLEL THAT TODAY IN MODERN TERMS.

AND SO, IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ME, WE'LL GO RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER TO THE ORCHESTRA PIT WHERE THE ORGAN LIVES.

HERE WE ARE IN THE ORCHESTRA PIT AND THERE IS THE SECTION OF THE ORCHESTRA PIT WHERE THE COUNSEL LIVES.

IT'S OPEN RIGHT NOW FOR A LITTLE BIT OF WORK BEING DOWN ON OUR TECHNICIANS ON THE INSTRUMENT.

YOU'LL MEET THEM IN A LITTLE WHILE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AND TAKE A LOOK IN THE MACHINERY ROOM WHERE THE BLOWER AND THE CONTROLS FOR THOSE LIFTS LIVE.

YOU'RE GETTING A CHANCE TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE VERY UNUSUAL.

TO GET TO THE BLOWER OF THE ORGAN AND MACHINERY, WE GO RIGHT THROUGH THE LIBRARY OF THE COLUMBUS SYMPHONY.

SO, ALL OF THESE FOLDERS ARE SOME OF THEIR THOUSANDS OF ARRANGEMENTS THAT THEY PLAY YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR IN CONCERTS.

THIS IS THE ENTRANCE INTO THE BLOWER ROOM.

AND WE DESCEND DOWN BELOW.

BUT, FIRST OF ALL I THOUGHT WE'D TAKE A LOOK AT A COUPLE OF ORIGINAL PARTS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK THE ORIGINAL MACHINERY.

THIS IS 1928 MACHINERY AND YOU CAN'T JUST GO OFF TO THE ELECTRIC STORE AND BUY A BRAND NEW ONE.

SO, THIS IS A SPARE CONTACTOR PANEL WITH ALL OF THESE HUGE RELAYS AND CONTACTS THAT WOULD RUN THE LIFT UP, OR THE LIFT DOWN, OR THE LIFT TO PICTURE POSITION.

THE KNIFE SWITCHES, AND THE CARTRIDGE FUSES.

ALL OF THIS INCREDIBLE MACHINERY, ALL RUNNING ON DC POWER.

DIRECT CURRENT AS IT WAS IN 1928.

WE DON'T SEE MUCH OF THAT ANYMORE, BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO GO DOWNSTAIRS IN TO THE POWER ROOM AND SEE ALL OF THAT IN OPERATION.

DOWN IN THE BASEMENT OF THE OHIO, THIS IS THE BLOWER AND LIFT CONTROL ROOM.

AGAIN, EVERYTHING RUNNING OFF OF HIGH VOLTAGE DC.

FIRST OF ALL, THE LITTLE PANEL BEHIND ME, RUNS THE ORGAN LIFT.

THE MOTOR MOUNTED UPWARD BEHIND IT IS THE ORGAN LIFT MOTOR.

OVER HERE, THE LARGE PANEL THAT WE HAVE IS THE ORCHESTRA LIFT CONTROL.

AND THE LARGE MOTOR BEHIND IT, RUNS THE ORCHESTRA LIFT.

THIS IS A TEN HORSEPOWER MOTOR.

THIS ONE IS A 20 HORSEPOWER MOTOR.

OVER THE IN THE CORNER, WE HAVE THE ACTUAL STARTER FOR THE ORGAN BLOWER THAT CREATES THE WIND FOR THE ORGAN.

AND BEHIND ME, THEN IS THE ORGAN BLOWER ITSELF.

SOMEWHAT LIKE A TURBINE OR A JET ENGINE TYPE THING.

IT'S A 25 HORSEPOWER DC.

ONE OF THE LARGEST BLOWERS OUT THERE.

OKAY, LET'S HAVE THE MOST FUN AND START UP BIG MAMA NOW.

SO, WE'VE GOT MOTOR TO THE WATCH AND WE'VE GOT THE CONTACTORS TO WATCH BOTH.

[ ENGINE RUNNING ] ALL RIGHT.

AND THAT'S IT.

A LOT OF FUN.

ALMOST 100 YEARS OLD AND STILL JUST PURRING LIKE A TOP.

OKAY EVERYBODY, RIGHT NOW WE ARE HERE AT THE CONTROL PANEL FOR THE ORGAN LIFT AND THE PIT LIFT.

THERE IS A CLUSTER OF BUTTONS, ONE LOW AND ONE HIGH.

THE BOTTOM IS FOR THE ORCHESTRA PIT AND THE TOP ONE IS FOR THE ORGAN LIFT.

THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE LATE 1920s.

BOTTOM WILL BRING THE PIT OR THE ORGAN LIFT ALL THE WAY DOWN.

PICTURE WILL BRING IT UP TO A MID LEVEL, FOR SHOWING FILMS.

AND TOP WILL BRING LIFT ALL THE WAY BACK UP.

AND IT FUNCTIONS THE EXACT SAME FOR THE PIT AND THE FOR THE ORGAN LIFT.

DOWN HERE HAVE A LOCK OFF SO WE CAN LOCK IT.

WHEN WE'RE DOING BROADWAY SHOW, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE OVER HERE PLAYING WITH THIS BECAUSE IT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS.

WE MAKE SURE THAT WE LOCK IT OFF SO THAT IT IS COMPLETELY SAFE.

OKAY EVERYBODY, WE'RE GONNA STANDBY.

READY TO RUN THE LIFT.

WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S OFF THE LIFT AND THAT IT'S SAFE.

MOVING LIFT NOW.

>> OKAY, STAND BY ON A LIFT.

AND MOVING.

>> THE ORCHESTRA PIT RUNS THE FULL WIDTH OF THE STAGE.

AND IT CONSISTS OF THREE ELEVATORS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF RAISING AN ENTIRE SYMPHONY OF 40 PEOPLE UP AND DOWN.

AS WELL AS THE ORGAN AND A GRAND PIANO.

THIS WHOLE BUSINESS IS THE RECEIVING END OF ALL THE MACHINERY THAT WE SAW EARLIER.

NOW, YOU GET A VIEW THAT NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE BESIDES PERFORMERS GET.

WE CAN SEE FROM THE ORCHESTRA PIT AND THE ORGAN PIT ALL THE WAY OUT INTO THE HOUSE.

YOU CAN FIT 40, 50, 60 MUSICIANS DOWN HERE FOR BROADWAY SHOWS, OPERA, WHATEVER MIGHT HAPPEN.

AND THE AREA'S DOWN HERE AT STEPPED DOWN AS WELL SO PLAYERS CAN BE STATIONED BACK UNDERNEATH.

1928, NEW WITH THE HOUSE.

IT'S A ROBERT MORTON ORGAN.

BUILT BY THE MORTON ORGAN COMPANY VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA.

THEY WERE ONE OF THE TWO BIGGEST THEATER ORGAN BUILDERS OF THE TIME.

AND BY THE TIME, 1925, ë26 CAME AROUND, NO THEATER WAS CONSIDERED COMPLETE WITHOUT A THEATER ORGAN.

IT WAS ONE MAN BAND.

A ONE PERSON ORCHESTRA.

IN THOSE DAYS, THESE MOVIE PALACES OPERATED ALL DAY LONG.

FIVE SHOWS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

AND THERE WAS MUSIC FROM OPENING UNTIL CLOSING.

BUT, THAT WAS AN EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION AS IT WOULD BE TODAY TO HAVE AN ORCHESTRA OF 40 MUSICIANS IN THE PIT THAT ENTIRE TIME.

AND SO, THE FOUND THAT WITH ONE OF THESE INSTRUMENTS AND A COUPLE OF GOOD ORGANISTS, IN MANY THEATERS THEY COULD DO ALL OF THE MUSICAL DUTY.

AND IN THE BIG DELUXE HOUSES LIKE LOEW'S OHIO IN COLUMBUS, THEY HAD THE ORCHESTRA AND THE ORGAN TO AUGMENT.

AND THEY WOULD SWITCH BACK AND FORTH.

WELL, THE ORGAN IS A PIPE ORGAN.

IT'S RUN ON WIND PRESSURE.

AND OF COURSE ALL THAT BUSINESS WE SAW DOWNSTAIRS IS THE MEANS TOWARDS THE END TO CREATE THE MUSIC OUT OF THIS INSTRUMENT.

THIS IS ONE OF NINE OR TEN, MAYBE 11; REALLY LARGE ROBERT MORTON ORGANS BUILT.

AND IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS TWIN SISTER ORGANS TO REMAIN PLAYABLE IN ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION.

ORIGINALLY THERE WERE ALMOST 10,000 THEATER ORGANS PRODUCED BACK IN THE 1920s.

BY THE TIME SOUND CAME IN, THE DEPRESSION HIT, AND ENDED IT ALL.

THIS IS ONE OF LESS THAN 23 THAT'S STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY SURE, WE HAVE A PIPE ORGAN IN THE CHURCH AND SO ON.

WELL, NOT LIKE THIS YOU DON'T.

AN ORCHESTRAL ORGAN OR A SYMPHONIC ORGAN, A THEATER ORGAN LIKE THESE ARE WERE VERY SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS.

THEY WERE BUILT AT VERY LARGE SCALES AND VERY HIGH WIND PRESSURES.

SOMETIMES FIVE TIMES THE SIZE OF A CHURCH INSTRUMENT.

FIVE TIMES THE PRESSURES ON THE PIPES AND SO ON.

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THIS IS ONLY THE CONTROL CENTER.

THIS IS THE NOT THE ORGAN.

THE ORGAN WHICH YOU WILL SEE VERY SHORTLY IS ACTUALLY IN TWO CHAMBERS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PRESENIUM ARCH, UP NEAR THE CEILING.

AND SPEAKING THROUGH THE SUN BURSTS.

IT'S ALMOST 2,500 PIPES, RANGING IN SIZE FROM ALMOST 20 FEET TALL AND ABOUT THE SIZE OF A 55 GALLON TRASH BARREL RIGHT DOWN TO ONE THAT IS A HALF INCH TALL AND ABOUT THE DIAMETER OF A TYPICAL PENCIL.

NO SPEAKERS, NO AMPLIFICATION, NO NOTHING.

THIS IS AN ACOUSTICAL WINDBLOWN INSTRUMENT.

AND THE TECHNOLOGY WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT WAS ON OPENING NIGHT IN MARCH OF 1928.

TO SHOW YOU AROUND THE COUNSEL, SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL VOICES.

WE ALWAYS HEAR THE FULL SOUNDS OF THE ORGAN AT THE MOVIES SERIES STARTING WITH THE BRASS.

AND WE HAVE TRUMPETS AND FANFARE.

REEDS.

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WE HAVE TUBA THAT SOUNDS VERY MUCH LIKE IT MIGHT BELONG IN TCHAIKOVSKY.

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WE DO HAVE CHURCH ORGAN SOUNDS.

BOTH SOFT CHURCH ORGAN SOUNDS.

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OR, AT THE PRESS OF A BUTTON WE HAVE THE CATHEDRAL ORGAN.

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SPECIAL STOPS ON THE THEATER ORGAN WERE BIG FAT FLUTES CALLED TEVIAS.

AND THEY COULD BE USED TWO WAYS.

SORT OF IN A BURLESQUE-Y TYPE WAY TO IMITATE THE CIRCUS CALLIOPE.

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OR, AGAIN AT THE PRESS OF A BUTTON, THIS MIGHT BE WHAT YOU HEARD WHEN THE LOVERS WERE KISSING ON THE SILVER SCREEN.

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THEN WE HAVE THINGS LIKE AN OBOE.

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OR ANOTHER ONE.

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OR A SPECIAL LITTLE THING CALLED A KENURA THAT SOUNDS LIKE A SWARM OF BEES BUZZING.

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THE MARIMBA.

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AND THE XYLOPHONE.

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AND THE GLOCKENSPIEL.

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AND THE BELLS.

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AND CRISOGLOT OR THE CELESTA.

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AND THE CHIMES.

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SO, YOU COULD MIX THESE DIFFERENT SOUNDS INTO DOZENS, HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS.

IMITATING EVERYTHING FROM A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE STARTING UP, TO BAGPIPES, TO COWS MOOING, PIG OINKING, CATS MEOWING.

YOU NAME IT.

THE CLEVER THEATER ORGANIST COULD CREATE A THUNDERSTORM.

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ON THE ORGAN.

AND THEN THEY COULD USE SOME OF THE ACTUAL EFFECTS THAT CAME ALONG.

WELL, THEY WERE INCLUDED SO YOU COULD CREATE SOUNDS FOR SILENT FILMS.

THAT'S WHY ALL THIS MUSIC IN THE MOVIE PALACES IN THOSE DAYS BECAUSE THE FILMS HADN'T LEARNED HOW TO TALK YET.

THERE WAS NO SOUNDTRACK, SO IT WAS LIVE MUSIC.

ALL RIGHT, SO YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING GOSH, HOW MUCH DOES AN ORGAN LIKE THIS TAKE IN MAINTENANCE, AND TUNING, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH?

AND THE ORGAN IS REALLY IN SUPERB CONDITION.

BUT, BECAUSE IT IS THE SIZE IT IS, AND OF COURSE BECAUSE IT'S THE AGE IT IS.

I HOPE I'M IN ANY KIND OF SHAPE WHEN I'M THIS AGE.

IT DOES REQUIRE MAINTENANCE.

AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY WHO IS REALLY CONVERSANT WITH THEATER ORGANS.

NOT CHURCH ORGANS, BUT THEATER ORGANS.

AND THEY'RE SUCH A DIFFERENT BREED OF CAT.

AND WE'RE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM HERE WITH US TODAY.

AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE YOU ON A LITTLE BIT OF A TOUR BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE ORGAN CHAMBERS TO SEE WHAT CREATES ALL OF THIS WONDERFUL SOUND THAT WE LUCKY ORGANISTS GET TO TICKLE THE IVORIES AND HEAR ABOUT.

AND THAT IS MR. GLEN TALLAR.

>> EVERYTHING BEHIND HERE IS THE ORGAN CHAMBER, SO LET'S OPEN THE DOOR AND GO ON IN.

OF COURSE, THERE'S A LADDER TO GO UP TOO.

AND THEY DIDN'T MAKE THESE PLACES EASY TO GET INTO.

THERE WERE MOSTLY WORRIED ABOUT SELLING SEATS.

[ LAUGHTER ] JIM, CAN YOU GUYS TURN THE ORGAN ON?

>> DARN IT.

>> ALL OF THE SOUND THAT YOU'RE HEARING DOWNSTAIRS IN THE THEATER, FROM WHAT YOU HEAR CLARK PLAYING ON THE ORGAN COUNSEL, UP IN THESE CHAMBERS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE THEATER, THIS IS WHERE YOU HEAR ALL OF THE SOUND COMING OUT.

YOU'VE SEEN THE DOWNSTAIRS BUSINESS WITH THE BLOWER.

WELL, AFTER IT GOES THROUGH THE THEATER WALLS AND INTO THE CHAMBERS.

IT COMES IN THIS BIG WIND LINE HERE.

AND THEN YOU SEE ALL THESE METAL WIND LINES ALL OVER THE CHAMBER.

THAT'S AIR GOING TO EACH ONE OF THE CHESTS THAT THE PIPES SIT ON TOP OF.

BEFORE IT GOES TO THOSE CHESTS, IT GOES INTO THESE THINGS CALLED RESERVOIRS.

SO, WHAT IT'S ESSENTIALLY DOING IS THE WIND THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE BLOWER IS A STATIC PRESSURE.

IF YOU PUT THAT STATIC PRESSURE TO SOME OF THESE PIPES, THE PIPES WILL ACTUALLY FLY OUT OF THE CHEST.

SO, THEY NEED TO BE REGULATED.

SO, THERE'S RESERVOIRS WITH SPRINGS ON THEM THAT BRING IT DOWN TO THE CORRECT PRESSURE FOR WHAT THE PIPES CAN HANDLE.

ALSO, THIS IS WHAT GIVES YOU THE VIBRATO EFFECT WHEN YOU TURN ON THESE WOODEN BOXES THAT HAVE JUST A LITTLE MOTOR THAT GOES LIKE.

AND IT'S A PNEUMATIC MOTOR THAT'S MOSTLY MADE OUT OF EITHER RUBBER CLOTH OR LEATHER THAT CAUSES THAT VIBRATO EFFECT.

TURN THE TREMULOUS ON PLEASE.

YOU CAN SEE ALL THE RESERVOIRS START BOUNCING UP AND DOWN.

OKAY, WE'RE GOOD.

AND THERE YOU GO.

SO, THE OVERALL ORGAN HAS 32 RANKS.

THERE'S SOME ON THIS SIDE AND THEN THERE'S SOME OF THE OTHER SIDE.

THE SIDE THAT WE'RE STANDING IN RIGHT NOW IS A SOLO.

SO, IT HAS ALL OF THE SOLO RANKS.

SO, A RANK IS MADE UP OF EITHER 61 NOTES OR A LITTLE MORE DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PITCHES IT HAS.

SO, IF IT HAS A 16 FOOT PITCH LIKE GOING DOWN TO LOW C THERE.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY GONNA HAVE MORE THAN 61 PIPES.

IT'S GONNA HAVE ANOTHER TWELFTH NOTE EXTENDED TO IT.

SO, EACH ONES OF THESE ARE MADE UP.

SO, THERE'S 61 NOTES.

PART OF THIS RANK IS THE ENGLISH HORN.

SO, THE ENGLISH HORN, THE ENGLISH POST HORN WOULD MAKE UP A RANK THAT'S A SOUND.

SO, IN ESSENCE THERE'S AS FAR AS MANY OF RANKS ARE IN THE ORGAN, THAT'S HOW MANY DIFFERENT SOUNDS THERE ARE ON THE ORGAN.

[ BELL CHIMING ] AT FIRST, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THE TOY COUNTER OF THE ORGAN.

AND THAT'S THE STUFF HERE.

HEY CLARK, CAN YOU DO THE MILITARY MARCH BAND THING WITH THE DRUMS?

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OKAY, NOW SHOW HER THE HORSE'S HOOVES.

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WE KIND OF JOKE AND SAY THAT'S A THREE LEGGED HORSE BECAUSE THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THREE OF THEM.

SHOW THE FIRE BELL.

[ BELL RINGING ] NOW TAMBOURINE NEXT.

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THE WIND CHIMES.

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GO AHEAD AND PLAY ON THE MARIMBA.

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FOR VOLUME CONTROL, ALL THIS STUFF PLAYS AT ONE VOLUME.

YOU CAN'T SIT HERE AND TURN THE VOLUME DOWN LOWER WITH LOWER WIND PRESSURE.

OR YOU CAN'T USE HIGHER WIND PRESSURE FOR IT TO WORK.

SO, WE HAVE THESE THINGS CALLED SWELL SHADES THAT THE ORGANIST CONTROLS WITH THEIR RIGHT FOOT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THEM MOMENT OPEN AND CLOSING, THAT CONTROL THE SOUND.

THE MORE THAT THEY'RE CLOSED, THE LESS VOLUME GETS OUT.

THE MORE THEY'RE OPEN, GETS THE VOLUME OUT.

WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THE HIGHEST NOTE SOUNDS LIKE ON THE ORGAN.

HEY CLARK, PLAY HIGH C ON THE VOX.

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SO, THAT WAS THE HIGHEST NOTE ON THE ORGAN.

OKAY CLARK, GO AHEAD AND PLAY THE 16 FOOT LOW C OF THE TUBA.

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ALL RIGHT CLARK, GO AHEAD AND HIT THE CHINESE GONG.

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SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL THIS OPERATED BY PNEUMATICS.

SO, THE LITTLE ELECTRIC COIL UNDERNEATH THE BOX THAT RELEASED THE AMOUNT OF AIR PRESSURE INSIDE THE BOX CAUSING THE LITTLE VALVE TO CLOSE.

HIT IT ONE MORE TIME.

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SO, THAT WAS THE FIRST VALVE AND AS THAT VALVE CLOSES, IT PUSHES THIS MOTOR TO OPEN UP WITH AIR INSIDE IT.

SO, IT WAS A LITTLE VALVE UNDERNEATH AND THIS VALVE, AND THEN IT HITS THIS.

SO, PRETTY MUCH TECHNICALLY YOU COULD JUST SIT HERE AND DO THAT.

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EVERY SINGLE PIPE, EVERY SINGLE SOUND EFFECT, ANYTHING THAT YOU HEAR HAS SOME TYPE OF VALVE ON IT TO MAKE THE ORGAN WORK.

ALL THE PIPES ON THE ORGAN ARE EITHER MADE OUT OF METAL OR WOOD.

IT GIVES YOU JUST A DIFFERENT STYLE OF SOUND.

AS FAR AS METAL PIPES, WE HAVE LIKE THAT CHURCH ORGAN SOUND WHICH IS RIGHT BACK HERE.

THE DIAPASON.

PLAY ON THE DIAPASON.

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STRINGS.

THESE ARE THE STRING SOUNDS RIGHT HERE.

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THOSE ARE YOUR FLUES.

AND THEN WE HAVE REED PIPES.

WHAT HAS THESE LITTLE, ALMOST LIKE KAZOO REEDS INSIDE THEM THAT GIVES YOU YOUR REED SOUNDS OF YOUR TRUMPETS.

FRENCH TRUMPET PLEASE.

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AND THEN THERE'S A FANFARE TRUMPET THAT IS OVERALL THE LOUDEST THING ON THE ORGAN.

JUST TO CUT THROUGH.

ENGLISH POST HORN.

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>>> WANNA HEAR "THE MIGHTY MORTON" IN PERSON?

THE 2021 CAPA MOVIE SERIES RUNS JULY 22ND-AUGUST 29TH.

THE ORGANIST PLAYS FOR EACH SCREENING AS PEOPLE ENTER THE THEATER.

ON AUGUST 19TH AND 20TH, A SILENT MOVIE IS ON THE BILL.

AND YOU CAN HEAR CLARK WILSON PROVIDE THE MUSIC FOR THE ENTIRE FILM.

MORE INFORMATION CAPA.COM.

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WELL, I HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT THE OHIO THEATRE'S "MIGHTY MORTON" ORGAN.

AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES ONLINE AT WOSU.ORG, AS WELL AS ON OUR FREE WOSU PUBLIC MEDIA MOBILE APP.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT WOSU, I'M KATE QUICKEL.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

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>>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL.

SUPPORTING ARTS, ADVANCING CULTURE, AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO ARTISTS, EVENTS AND CLASSES AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM.

>> FROM THESE CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS -- AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.