Table Of Contents - Allen Organ Company Protégé LD-34 Owner's Manual

For more than sixty years--practically the entire history of electronic organs-- Allen Organ Company
has built the finest organs that technology would allow.
In 1939, Allen built and marketed the world's first electronic oscillator organ. The tone generators
for this instrument used two hundred forty-four vacuum tubes, contained about five thousand
components, and weighed nearly three hundred pounds.
specification included relatively few stops.
By 1959, Allen had replaced vacuum tubes in oscillator organs with transistors. Thousands of
transistorized instruments were built, including some of the largest, most sophisticated oscillator
organs ever designed.
Only a radical technological breakthrough could improve upon the performance of Allen's oscillator
organs. Such a breakthrough came in conjunction with the United States Space Program in the form
of highly advanced digital microcircuits. In 1971, Allen produced and sold the world's first musical
instrument utilizing digitally sampled voices!
Your organ is significantly advanced since the first generation Allen digital instrument. Organs with
Renaissance™ technology are the product of years of advancements in digital sound and control
techniques by Allen Organ Company. This system represents the apex of digital technology applied
to exacting musical tasks. The result is a musical instrument of remarkably advanced tone quality
and performance.
Congratulations on the purchase of your new Allen Organ! You have acquired the most advanced
electronic organ ever built, one that harnesses a sophisticated custom computer system to create and
control beautiful organ sound. Familiarize yourself with the instrument by reading through this
booklet.
I. ORGAN STOPS .................................................................................................................... 3
II. SPECIALIZED STOP CONTROLS ..................................................................................... 4
IIa. PIANO AND HARP .............................................................................................................. 5
III. EXPRESSION & CRESCENDO SHOES ............................................................................ 5
IV. TUTTI I and TUTTI II .......................................................................................................... 6
V. SETTING PISTONS ............................................................................................................. 6
VI. ARTISTIC REGISTRATION ............................................................................................... 7
VII. TRANSPOSER.................................................................................................................... 11
VIII. ACOUSTIC PORTRAIT™ ................................................................................................. 11
IX. MULTIPLE VOICE SETS .................................................................................................. 12
X. REAL XPRESSION™ ........................................................................................................ 12
XI. INSTALLATION, VOICING, AND CARE OF THE ORGAN ......................................... 12
XII. SAFETY INFORMATION ................................................................................................. 14
XIII. CONSOLE CONTROLLER™ GUIDE .............................................................................. 15
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