Impeccable! Not a parishioner of your church; and I'm an ex-Jerseyan living near Big Guava, FL (that's Tampa) for nearly 2 decades now, but heard that it was replaced by a used, circa-2010 Allen Q300 last spring! Can't wait to hear that!
fromwkfsmouth Yes this organ suffered a major malfunction with the power supply and a good amount of the components burnt up. We raised money for the Q300 and it was installed in time for Easter last year, I believe it is only 4 or 5 years old.
The organ is located in Our Lady of Peace Church in Fords NJ. This organ has a pretty potent reed sound when pulling all the choir reed stops and the "en chamade" stop which makes everything on the choir much louder. I did use two alterable stops, both programmed with a card called "Solo Reed". It adds a little more punch to the sound. As far as I know there isn't much tuning you can do with this era organ but if you play a little with the amp levels you can adjust the sound to your liking.
Thanks Nigel, the organ is a joy to play and its pretty amazing such old technology can sound so good. The church has great acoustics which really helps. I share your feelings about newer Allens, I have heard several that have been very disappointing. I've heard one new large Quantum that sounded great but a lot of the Renaissance stuff I've heard was terrible. I think part of the problem is many dealers don't spend the proper time tuning the instrument and skimp out out the audio system.
Mine is a 632 - Yours looks very similar, except mine was finished in white. Mine also does not have a Chamade for the choir, only the Swell. Did you add any reverb to this? I recently added HLabs to mine. Great playing.
BTW, I've been working on 2 songs, Yesterday and Sometimes When We Touch. I remember you had great versions of both posted a while back, would you mind emailing the videos to me? I have the sheet music but I'm interested in hearing your versions again as the version I have is a bit bland. Email: GregoryHnath@hotmail.com Thanks!
Thanks Drew. These older Allens really are great. This organ is in a large church with plenty of hard surfaces so the reverb is all natural.
Wow! I could have sworn I heard the swish of Superman's cape as he circled the bell tower.
Impeccable! Not a parishioner of your church; and I'm an ex-Jerseyan living near Big Guava, FL (that's Tampa) for nearly 2 decades now, but heard that it was replaced by a used, circa-2010 Allen Q300 last spring! Can't wait to hear that!
fromwkfsmouth Yes this organ suffered a major malfunction with the power supply and a good amount of the components burnt up. We raised money for the Q300 and it was installed in time for Easter last year, I believe it is only 4 or 5 years old.
WOW!!! Listen to that reverb of the reed! Good job! :)
The organ is located in Our Lady of Peace Church in Fords NJ. This organ has a pretty potent reed sound when pulling all the choir reed stops and the "en chamade" stop which makes everything on the choir much louder. I did use two alterable stops, both programmed with a card called "Solo Reed". It adds a little more punch to the sound. As far as I know there isn't much tuning you can do with this era organ but if you play a little with the amp levels you can adjust the sound to your liking.
Thanks Nigel, the organ is a joy to play and its pretty amazing such old technology can sound so good. The church has great acoustics which really helps. I share your feelings about newer Allens, I have heard several that have been very disappointing. I've heard one new large Quantum that sounded great but a lot of the Renaissance stuff I've heard was terrible. I think part of the problem is many dealers don't spend the proper time tuning the instrument and skimp out out the audio system.
Excellent Thanks!!
Thank You!
Wonderful!
Mine is a 632 - Yours looks very similar, except mine was finished in white. Mine also does not have a Chamade for the choir, only the Swell. Did you add any reverb to this? I recently added HLabs to mine. Great playing.
Where is this organ located? I recently acquired a 1975 MOS-1 for my church. Are you using the Alterable for the solo reed?
Are you playing, Gregory?
is this a 903?
Volvo B10M Yes, it was a 903. It is now in a landfill after suffering a major electrical malfunction. We have a Q300 now.
What went wrong with it? Was it tone circuits?
Would you recommend buying a used MOS-1 to someone if one became available?
BTW, I've been working on 2 songs, Yesterday and Sometimes When We Touch. I remember you had great versions of both posted a while back, would you mind emailing the videos to me? I have the sheet music but I'm interested in hearing your versions again as the version I have is a bit bland. Email: GregoryHnath@hotmail.com Thanks!
Sorry but that thing sounds atrocious.