Your organ technology is the culmination of decades of advancements in digital sound and control techniques by Allen Organ Company. This system represents the pinnacle of digital technology applied to exacting musical tasks. The result is a musical instrument of remarkably advanced tone quality and performance.
ORGAN STOPS PITCH FOOTAGE The number appearing on each stop, along with its name, indicates the “pitch” or “register” of the particular stop. Organs can produce notes of different pitches from a single playing key. When this sound corresponds to the actual pitch of the played key, the stop is referred to as being of 8’...
Nasard 2-2/3’ Flute mutation that sounds one octave and a fifth above the keys played. Always used with other stops (usually beginning with 8’) for coloration. Piccolo 2’ A delicate, clear open flute at 2’ pitch. Tierce 1-3/5’ Flute mutation that sounds a seventeenth (two octaves and a third) above the keys played.
MIDI on Great Opens MIDI channel to the Great. Tremulant This stop provides a vibrato effect, natural in the human voice and wind instruments within the selected division the control resides. Tremulants Full When activated with one or more of the organ’s tremulants, it causes the tremulants to become much deeper than normal classical tremulants.
VII. SETTING CAPTURE REGISTRATIONS Your Allen organ’s capture system lets you set stop registration combinations in each of its available capture memories. The R-10 model contains a set of General pistons located under the left side of the Swell/Great manuals and also a set of Divisional pistons for each manual division centrally located under both the Swell and Great manuals.
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Flutes can be used alone or in combinations as solo voices. One special combination of flutes that creates an appealing and historically significant solo combination is the Cornet (pronounced kor-NAY). The Cornet is created by using the following Swell stops: Gedackt 8’, Traverse Flute 4’, Nasard 2-2/3’, Piccolo 2’...
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ENSEMBLE REGISTRATIONS Volumes have been written on the subject of ensemble registration. Following is a summary of the major points. Ensemble registrations involve groups of stops that are played together, usually, but not always, with both hands on one keyboard. They are characterized by compatibility of tone, clarity, and occasionally power.
A red indicator light (LED) on the face of the Console Controller illuminates any time the Transposer setting is moved from the “0” or neutral pitch position. Why Transpose? Because a song’s range does not always suit the vocal range of a particular singer. By ...
INSTALLATION, VOICING, AND CARE OF THE ORGAN INSTALLATION Wherever your organ may be situated, careful installation is a prerequisite to successful results. Your Allen representative is well qualified to guide you in planning the finest possible installation. Factory assistance in planning the installation is also available and may, in fact, be sought by your Allen Organ representative.
XII. SAFETY INFORMATION USA ONLY CAUTION Never plug the instrument into any current source other than 110 to 120 volts, 50/60 Hertz alternating current (AC). A verified grounded outlet is essential to proper operation and protection of the instrument. Proper polarity should be checked with an AC circuit analyzer before connecting the organ.
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Warning: This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications. It has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Computing Device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation.
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