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Gallery - Sights & SoundsOur gallery is divided into the following sections: Current Photos (below) • Portraits • Archives NEW – February 2008 PANORAMIC IMAGERY These spectacular navigable images reveal great detail about the Boardwalk Hall organs and their respective acoustic spaces. Presenting the 360º Panographic Photography of Edward Huff. Click link to view panorama; click your browser's "BACK" button to return. Free QuickTime Player required -- click here to download.
To navigate an image click in the image while holding mouse button down and drag in any direction. Press SHIFT to zoom in, press CTRL to zoom out. October 2004 Video clip of Timothy Hoag playing the 7-manual Midmer-Losh organ. This video was recorded at the time of the recording sessions for the Auditorium Organ CD made on November 3 & 4, 1998 and shows the hall prior to the renovation. The bleachers were set up for a sporting event. [Windows Media] Rare recordings of Barbara Fesmire and Lowell Ayers practicing on the Midmer-Losh organ. The recordings are not professional quality, however, one can get a good idea of some of the more subtle beauty of the instrument. The recording date is unknown.
Click for more Musical Selections Click on each thumbnail to view a full-size image and caption. Boardwalk Hall renovation (photos by Harry Bellangy):
The following ten photos were taken by Antoni Scott during the recording sessions and Board of Directors meeting in Atlantic City on November 3rd and 4th, 1998:
Ocean One Mall exhibit on the Boardwalk:
Some of the machinery behind the scenes, and an imaginary advertising concept:
We have two samples of the main organ's awe-inspiring sound; they are selections from our CD (available from our Store) "The Auditorium Organ - Atlantic City Convention Hall." The samples are provided in MP3 format. Note: If you use Real Audio to play the MP3 clip there is a visualization tool which produces some fantastic images of the Ad Nos. For a really good time, use Nebulae, Flux Wave, or FlamewurX. Also, there are visualization tools in Winamp Your results will vary depending on your computer. If you use these with the CD, there will be up to a one-second delay between what you hear and what you see. Here are URLs for the best known players: Winamp http://www.winamp.com
Outtakes from the CD recording -- Antoni Scott recorded several versions of the Toccata in D Minor and the Psalm 100 during the two-day recording session in November, 1998. Here are some interesting outtakes from the session that are not on the CD recording. The Ballroom Kimball Organ [RealAudio: Low bandwidth / High bandwidth] [MP3] -- This is an excerpt from a brief test recording made in the Ballroom following the recordings of the Midmer-Losh organ appearing on THE AUDITORIUM ORGAN CD. The recording was made on November 4, 1998. Timothy Hoag is the organist. This was the last recording of the organ made prior to the building renovation and the removal of its relay. Blower Start Up/Shut Down [RealAudio: Low bandwidth / High bandwidth] [MP3] -- This is an unexpurgated version of the blower sounds made for Track 1 of the CD. The Right Stage chamber blowers aurally illustrate how much power and energy is required for the organ. First the 100” compressor starts, then the low pressure blower on the right followed by the high pressure blower on the left. Once at speed, the blowers are sequentially shut down. Dennis McGurk, the organ Curator at the time, is heard saying "Ready on the Right", etc. at the start of the recording. In addition to these three blowers there are four more for a total of seven - two for the Left Stage chamber and two for the Gallery and Ceiling chambers - for a total of 600 Horsepower. |
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Introduction • Main Auditorium Organ • Ballroom Organ Copyright 2000 • Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society, Inc. Site design & maintenance by metaglyph |
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