Thanks Admin! My home organ is an MDS Allen already with midi. Not beyond the realm of possibility I may some day add Hauptwork . Certainly sound dispersion would not be a problem with all those...

I had forgotten about this thread. Back in December 2012 I attended a "life celebration" service for my cousin at Erindale United Church in Mississauga, west of Toronto. Sitting down before the...

The console I spoke of above in the gallery was a replication of the original H&H done by Andover in 2003. Just why the Rodgers was there is still a mystery.

Hi Bruce and welcome to the forum!
You will find many very helpful people here!
My earliest Allen was an ADC 1980s model 2110 so no experience with Allen ananlogs other than hearing them in my...

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I went to Google and then to You Tube where Dr Hammond plays Franck and he is seated at what I suspect is the Hook and Hastings Console in the gallery in front of the pipes (I figure) ..The organ...

Hi Proper technique, if there is such a thing would indicate both feet for both purposes. You should get yourself a good organ instruction book. In my day Harold Gleeson was my choice. Do the pedal...

If you are learning better to have an AGO spec console so you learn good habits from the beginning. Going back and forth would not be a good idea!

I think he might have trouble fitting the 28,000 pipes that go with that 6 manual display! Ouch!

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Looks like a lot of organ for 15 grand! I have neve rplayed a digital Rodgers but many think they are excellent.

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Midi was added to Allen Organs about 1990 with the advent of MDS technology. Not all early MDS organs had the Midi feature and some retained the card reader. If you look at Craigslist "Search...

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Add digital pianos to that list. Are they selling better than accoustic pianos? Maybe Arie can tell us?

Michael
Ken has gotten back to me. He was in Saskatchewan setting up an organ there. My presence projectors were PP-3s little cabinets about 6x6x11 inches. He tells me now they just use HR-50s. They...

Michael
Ken has gotten back to me. He was in Saskatchewan setting up an organ there. My presence projectors were PP-3s little cabinets about 6x6x11 inches. He tells me now they just use HR-50s. They...

Michael, Ken has not gotten back on this yet but I remember in my conversations with him he stated that the presence projectors were to clarify sound for the choir or organist in remote situations,...

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I had a pair of presence projectors hooked up and sitting near the console on my ADC 4300 home installation. THey helped me hear the high end as my ears began to lose upper frequency...

Hi All! Last night on Global News Toronto they showed some kids canoeing on the McMaster campus flooded by snow melt water run off.
We here north of Superior are still in need of major snow which...

The information such as serial number etc is under the hinged top of the console. Given that info Allen could tell you the exact date of manufacture.
Now the same model organ was offered twice on...

Wade Back in ancient time, when I was a teen, (I wil lbe 70 in April) my father had a Wurlitzer spinett with all the same shortcomings that your Kimball would possess. No teacher would take me either...

Is there a typo error in this post? I do not know of an ADC 8500? THere was an 8000 replaced with their biggest 3 M 8350 later in the ADC era..... ??

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Doggone lightning! I leave my home Allen unplugged when not in use. I know my previous Allen, a DK 4300 was a beautiful sounding organ and I agree with the notion that your 5300, the largest...

Larry,
Could you have set up the Allen on a temporary demo basis in the church for a couple of services? Let the good folks hear it?

Hi John, Larry et al,

I cannot remember the model number for our poorly sounding Baldwin but it could easily have been one of the 700 series.
Herein is a lesson for me relearned...I wonder how...

During my early teens I had stopped music lessons. It was during a Christmas break and I was completing a Heathkit FM tuner, trying it out I came across Virgil Fox on some fading station. THe...

Happy New Year ! I think Virgil could make anything sound good! He certainly takes this piece at a quick tempo...
Obviously the organ is in an acoustic setting with lots of hard surfaces etc and...

I am always quick to point out, ad nauseum, that You Tube is not the venue for judging an organ but, that said, those 3 videos show me a nice instrument by a builder unknown to me untill now.I grew...