We supply and service digital church and theatre organs and midi devices from the Allen Organ Company. Allen Organs are a cost effective alternative to a pipe organ - providing an instrument that needs minimal maintenance and never needs tuning. WHY CONSIDER AN ALLEN ORGAN? Click here to find out.
2009 marked the 70th year of operation for Allen Organs - founded in 1939, they are a company of reliability and dependability. In 1970, a year before Allen Organ Company introduced the world's first digitally sampled organ, they offered the first computer capture system with custom integrated circuits. In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of this milestone, Allen is pleased to offer Commemorative Models with advanced capture action capabilities and moving drawknobs, as found on the world's finest pipe organs at very special prices. Click here for more information on this special offer.
Allen Organs have been installed in more than 60 churches and buildings within Western Australia and in Perth, ranging from self contained two manual models to three manual instruments with large audio systems and midi expansion devices. Here's where.
Check out the Studio Instruments webpage for more details on the organs that we currently have in stock in Perth.
Organ music, organ videos, and organ recordings on CD and cassette are also available. Check out the music page.
Need some organ playing tips? We are not qualified teachers, but can offer instruction and help based on a lifetime of playing church organ music.
Click here to view the September 2010 news from the Allen Organ Company
LOCAL NEWS:
• Fremantle Church of Christ is the latest church in Perth to benefit from the musical expertise of the Allen Organ company. A model L4 has just been delivered and installed in this church. The L4 is a 2 manual, 27 stop instrument, with four different voicings - American Classic, English Cathederal, Baroque and Theatre. The different voicings allow the organist to select a voicing to suit the style of music being played. Also fitted to the organ is an Allen Smart Recorder, which allows the organist to record and listen to their own playing, as well as allowing pre-recorded tracks to be played.
• A distress call arrived at 12:30pm on 24 March. Following massive damage to Winthrop Hall at the University of Western Australia during violent storms in Perth earlier in the week, Winthrop Hall was not able to be used for graduation services on the following night. Could we help? By 4:30pm, our Allen R230 organ had been transported to the replacement location, and was installed and playing, ready to provide music for the graduation services.
• Recently arrived in Perth is one of the latest models from the Allen range, the Protege model L-121. This is a 2 manual instrument with 29 speaking stops, and 7 tonal libraries: Classic Allen, Cavaille-Coll, Schlicker, English Cathedral, Orchestral, Aeolian-Skinner and Arp Schnitger. The organist is able to select which of the tonal libraries is required to suit the music being played.
For more information visit our Studio Instruments webpage.
To hear, and play this instrument, give us a call on 9450 3322.
• Holy Family Catholic Church in Kalamunda have just completed a restoration of their building, and as part of the restoration have also included an upgrade of their organ.
They have purchased an Allen MDS-2 model, which is a 2 manual instrument, with 27 stops but also includes an additional 10 second voices and MIDI control stops. The additional voices include solo voices (Tuba Mirabilis, Open Flute, Clarinet and Cor-Anglais) on the solo manual as well as alternative Principal and Flute voices on the great and pedal. Two external speaker cabinets ensure that the organ sound adequately fills the chapel. For the complete specification of the instrument, click here.
• Allen Organs has produced some interesting videos which can now be viewed on YouTube. Watch an Allen Elite custom built organ in France by clicking here. Elite organs are Allen's gold standard series of custom built organs.
• Hear a demonstration of the Allen Vista by clicking here for Part 1 or clicking here for Part 2. Vista is a recorder and expander in the one box, allowing organists to expand the sounds and voices available on their instrument.
• View other Allen videos on YouTube by clicking here.
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