Allen Organ Company Videos

PBS news story about Allen Organ Company

Dance of Joy played at Octave Hall, Allen’s on-site auditorium, Macungie, PA

Diane Bish plays an Allen digital/pipe combination organ

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing played using Allen Vista MIDI voice

Allen Vista Demo Part 1

Allen Vista Demo Part 2

Factory tour of a custom instrument being crafted

Combination Allen digital/pipe instruments

Allen Organs Arizona can add a new Allen digital console to your existing pipe organ. This link is to Carlo Curley using an Allen combination organ to explain the sounds of an organ.

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Allen Quantum organs are seven complete organs, accessible from one console by changing the stop voicing to organ sounds representing different historical periods and the pioneering organ builders from different countries. More high quality videos of Allen organs being used to demonstrate particular suites will be added to this page as they become available.

Aeolian-Skinner
Developed in the 20th century, this American sound was championed by G. Donald Harrison in the first half of the 1900′s.  Harrison transformed the highly symphonic instrument perfected by Ernest Skinner into an eclectic instrument addressing the music of many periods and styles.

EM Skinner organ at Woolsey Hall, Yale University

Mormom Tabernacle organ in Salt Lake City – Aeolian Skinner organ designed by G. Donald Harrison

Aeolian-Skinner organ at St. Thomas, New York

English Cathedral
Characterized by Diapasons and weighty reeds, this style of organ building was brought to its height by renowned 19th century British organ craftsman, Henry Willis.  Numbered among his greatest works are the organs of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London and The Royal Albert Hall.

Organist Diane Bish plays on the Henry Willis organ of Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England

Orchestral/MIDI
Designed by Allen to meet the diverse demands of modern church music programs, this specification is perfect for blended worship, combining traditional organ stops with sounds such as strings, piano, brass, woodwinds, and percussion.

Allen Organ VP, Barry Holben, demos MIDI voices on the Vista system

Part 1

Part 2

Favorite hymn tune with a contemporary sound using MIDI voices

Cavaille-Coll
Broad Montres and dominant fiery reeds are integral parts of Cavaille-Coll’s tonal scheme. The genius of this famous French organ builder was his creation of the symphonic organ. The “Grande Orgue” became an extension of the orchestra and “a sound for a new age.”

Allen Elite with Cavaille Coll voicing installed in Normany, France, cathedral

Shlicker
The organ reform movement of the mid 1900′s spurred a revival of Baroque organ sound in America.  The shlicker Organ Company specialized in instruments of Neo-Baroque design supportive of contrapuntal music.  The European heritage of this American organ builder is readily evident in the sound of their instruments.  The company closed in 2002.

About the Schlicker Organ Company

1970 Schlicker orga

Arp Schnitger
One of the most renowned organ builders of the 17th century, Arp Schnitget instruments are monuments of the North German School of organ building.  Fine examples of the builder’s organs still exist in Germany where Allen’s sound engineers captured their tonal beauty.

The interior of a Schnitger instrument while being played

Bach BWV 532 played by Ton Koopman on a Schnitger organ

Animated Organ Introduction for Kids