Hauptwerk Virtual Organs
Installation & Servicing
My name is Kenneth A. Farnum, Jr., organist and music director of St. Mary Star of the Sea on City Island (Bronx, NY). In addition to my music ministry, I have worked for over forty years as a full-time musician and piano tuner/technician for schools, churches and institutions throughout the tri-state area.
As everyone knows, purchasing or even restoring pipe organs is very expensive. Many of the electric organs or synthesizers use older technology to attempt reproduce. Only the most the basic sounds a real pipe organ is capable of producing; they are not up to the task of recreating the interactive complexities that even a medium-sized pipe organ employs.
Fortunately, due to many advances in technology, there is now a very popular and financially viable option available to your church that can recreate the majestic sounds of a large pipe organ. I would like to invite you, and anyone in your parish who might be interested in upgrading your organ, to attend a very brief Hauptwerk™ virtual pipe organ system demonstration at my church in City Island. With a new season of weddings fast approaching, you will want to act on this project sooner than later!
I am confident that after seeing this very preliminary demonstration of the Hauptwerk™ virtual pipe organ software, it will inspire you to consider investing in your congregation’s overall church service experience. Whatever options you decide are financially feasible for your parish, I am sure a solution can be found with the Hauptwerk™ virtual pipe organ system, as it is quite flexible for future expansion.
If you are interested in attending a short Hauptwerk™ demo,
please feel free to contact me at: Kenneth A. Farnum, Jr: (cell): (917) 805-4699
Listen to Hauptwerk Virtual Pipe organs
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2110 County Road 105 | Barnum MN 55707
Open Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
There are standard and premium console models available.
Here is the PREMIUM MODEL: $16,310. (price varies on a few extra options)
+ tax & delivery for 3-4 manual VPO Pro Premium Console
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Master list of Allen Organ models of the 70’s – 90′ with details
MOS II was a refinement but not very major changes.
MDC stands for Modified Digital Computers, probably the worst of the bunch. Built only for low cost and manufacturing ease. Lots of duplexing.
ADC: Allen Digital Computer; available in early (Models like ADC-4000, ADC-5000), middle, and late models (such as ADC4300, ADC 6300, etc.). The late models are very nice. These are full-cage organs.
MADC were modified versions of the ADC where a true cage was not employed. Models also used the ADC prefix, but were like: ADC-2100, 1100, 3100, and then ADC-3160, then ADC-3160A. Get an A version if you can, but they are all quite nice for smaller organs.
MDS: Master Design Series, starting from around 1990. These were the 1st Allens with full MIDI implementation. Earlier models had card readers, but later models dropped it.
Renaissance and Quantum followed.
If you go to the Allen website under Customer Support you can find the owner’s manuals. They will tell you quite a bit about individual models. Look under “More Models” for these older organs.
Dealers – Hauptwerk
https://www.hauptwerk.com › dealers
United States
Organtechnology
2520 K Ave.
Suite 700 PMB 757
Plano, TX. 75074 USA
1-214-908-3850
Sales rep: Thomas Gentry
Audio DAWg
2002 Academy Ln.
Suite 130
Farmers Branch, TX 75234 USA
1-972-759-1131
Sales rep: Michael (Spunky) Brunone
Encore Organ Technology
2455 Kilmer Lane North
Plymouth, MN. 55441 USA
1-612-296-1210
Sales rep: Randall Moe
Custom Organ Works
2110 County Road 105
Barnum, MN 55707 USA
1-218-310-3062
Sales rep: Matt Arnold
Canada
Classic MIDI Works
2800 John Street, Unit 4
Markham, Ontario
Canada, L3R 0E2
1(800) 465-5193
Sales rep: Attila Magyar
Hauptwerk Consultant
4595 de la Sente
St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec
Canada, G3A 1C9
(418) 563-4600
Sales rep: François Ratté
Phoenix Organs
P.O. Box 1962
2169 Drummond Line
Peterborough, ON
Canada
K9J 6X8
(705) 750-1257
Sales rep: Donald Anderson
Hauptwerk™: Experience famous organs in your living room!
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A story of an old 1980s Allen 700
series organA friend of MIDI Boutique recently came to us with a very common intention
– to ask us to help him midify his new found treasure.
His story began with the end of a friendship and the beginning of a new surprising relationship…
Our friend, let’s call him Jim, lent money to his old,old friend, let’s call him Tom, on the condition that he would pay him back as soon as possible. As often happens, long time went on, and one day Jim found himself in poor financial circumstances. He needed money and he decided to call Tom and ask him to pay him back. Unfortunately, Tom said that he didn’t even have nearly the amount that he owed. He was even more broke than before and didn’t have anything of value to give to Jim to pay his credit. The only thing that he could give him was an old organ.
Eventually, Jim gave up and accepted the organ. Their friendship was broken, he would never get back his money and on top of it all – he now had this old organ, in which he had no interest in the first place, since he didn’t know anything about organs.
One day his daughter and her new boyfriend came to visit him from another city. When they first met, Jim and the boyfriend had an awkward handshake and introduction (you know, like most first father-boyfriend introducing moments that a girl has at least once in her life). Upon entering Jim’s house, the boyfriend was surprised to see particular piece of Jim’s belongings – the old organ which Jim had put in a corner in his living room and used it as stand to keep potted plants, teacups and books. It turned out that the boyfriend was an organist, so he asked Jim if he would mind if he tried to play the organ. Jim, very taken aback that someone took this much interest in his old organ, took off the stuff he kept on it and let him play. The boyfriend played a little and it turned out that the organ has a good potential and can easily be revived, so he suggested to Jim to MIDI-fy it. Jim was so inspired by the sound of the organ. The idea that he could do something that would make it sound better excited him. Soon after he found out that playing organ was his new passion that made him so much happy.
So one day, he came to us and told us his story. He explained that the pedalboard already had worn dry contacts, which he would like to replace the contacts with new ones, using our csr32p reed contact system and mpc32mq pedalboard encoder to scan them. Also he explained that the organ had 19 toe pistons. So he asked us to recommend him a board to be able to midify the toe pistons in addition to the pedalboard. Finally, he was interested in possibilities of future MIDI conversion of the two manuals, the 47 stops and the 16 pistons per each of manuals manual.
We are always happy to answer all the questions that our clients have.
We explained him that if he intended to convert entire console to MIDI, then he could use one of our bundles, instead of separate encoders per part.
This could be hwce2-bundle. Of course the pedalboard contact system can be interfaced to this bundle as well, so that he wouldn’t need separate encoder for pedalboard. Separate pedalboard encoder would worth it only when there is a need of detachable pedalboard or in order to keep the system modular.
Jim’s project is now in progress and MIDI Boutique is in now charge of monitoring and online assistance.
Jim may have ruined his friendship with Tom forever and may have never gotten his money back, but the organ came out to be more than he ever thought it would be – Tom had given him a something much more valuable than the money he owed.Accepting the organ instead of money and MIDI-fying it was one of luckiest decisions he ever made.
To be continued…
Dear friends, please feel free to share your stories and photos of your organs with us on sales@largonet.net
Product FAQ for HAUPTWERK Virtual Pipe Organ Software
Q: What is Hauptwerk and who uses it? A: Hauptwerk is an advanced computer organ system – a virtual pipe organ that takes full advantage of the enormous processing power Hauptwerk may be used:
Q: What do I need to use Hauptwerk? A: In the very broadest of terms, you need a computer to run it that meets the minimum requirements. Q: What is MIDI? A: MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. This is a standard protocol for digital communication between two MIDI devices, such as an organ console and a computer. Please see our Documentation pages for more information about Hauptwerk’s advanced MIDI capabilities. Q: Which operating systems are supported with Hauptwerk? A: For a list of supported operating systems please visit the Requirements page. Q: Does Hauptwerk have built-in convolution reverb? A: Most instruments available for Hauptwerk include their own original sampled acoustics offering a more realistic spatial impression than any current convolution can offer. Therefore convolution reverb is not required for these instruments and is not available in the current version of Hauptwerk. However convolution reverb is planned as an important enhancement for a future update. Q: Do you offer student or academic discounts? A: Hauptwerk is available in three editions, Free, Basic and Advanced. Due to the variety of editions which cater to all budgets we do not currently offer student or academic discounts. Q: Can I use Hauptwerk as a VST or Audio Unit plug-in on a Mac? A: Yes, Hauptwerk 4 includes both VST and Audio Unit plug-ins for Mac OS X (and VST for Windows) allowing you to connect Hauptwerk to your audio/MIDI sequencer host program. Step-by-step tutorials are available to guide you through setting up Hauptwerk with several leading programs including Logic Pro, Sonar, Cubase and Reaper. Q: Why does Hauptwerk sound so realistic compared to other digital organs? A: Hauptwerk’s system is built around the philosophy of using at least one large sample per pipe, All samples are held in the computer memory (RAM) to achieve a much higher polyphony than is possible with disk-streaming, Many digital organs compromise the quality of the pipe samples to allow them to fit in a smaller amount of memory. This results in artificial (synthesized) attacks and releases and very short sustaining portions. These factors alone reduce the realism of the overall sound and randomness of a real pipe. Hauptwerk combines long samples with complex organ modeling to achieve the most realistic sounding virtual organs in the world. Because of the attention to detail and high quality modeling Hauptwerk has become the popular choice among professional organists and music students around the world! Q: Will Hauptwerk work on my computer? A: As long as your computer meets the minimum requirements Hauptwerk should run on your computer. Hauptwerk is available from the downloads page to try before you buy a license. Hauptwerk will run on both PC and Mac computers. Most computers should be able to run Hauptwerk fully, even older Pentium III computers. Hauptwerk is not available for the Linux platform. Q: Can I try Hauptwerk before purchasing it? A: We do offer a trial edition for testing the software before you buy it. The trial edition has some limitations compared to the fully licensed versions however will allow you to completely test the software to make sure that it performs as you need it to. The trial edition is available via download or you may order the DVD from our Online store. Q: Which Hauptwerk edition do I need? A: Hauptwerk is available in Free, Basic, and Advanced Editions. You may read about these differences here to see which edition of Hauptwerk may be right for you. Q: Is a Hauptwerk organ affordable? A: Yes! We like to think that Hauptwerk provides the best sounding organs at one of the most competitive prices on the market today. The versitility of the software approach allows customers to either build up their virtual organ over time as their budget allows, or to get a full console from the beginning. Either way, we feel the sound will far exceed anything you’ve ever heard and will be a fraction of the cost of most digital and electronic organs. Due to the large library of instruments available for Hauptwerk, customers may choose instruments based on both their budget as well as their preference of instrument styles including Baroque, Classical, Modern and Theatre organs. This also allows customers to gradually add-on to their organ with new instruments without having to buy a new digital organ or an expensive and inferior sounding pipe voice expander. using…
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