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2125.0. "Replacement for Church Organ" by DECNIX::HERGT (Paul L. Hergt, SSGBPM, ZK03-3/Y25, 381-0813) Wed Sep 20 1989 10:18

I have talked myself into the same situation as Note 196.0 in the Computer
Music Notes FILE (see attachment), although I am dealing with 2 churches. 
The first is in temporary quarters in a hall (about 75 people) and the 
second is in an "A" frame building, about 250 people. The churches are 
Lutheran, and they love to sing.  There is no need for mikes, etc.

Forgive me for entering a new note, but it is now 4 years later and experience
shows that people only look at the last dozen or so new notes. 

Are there some new suggestions? It appears that the sampler/synth market has
changed a lot since then, perhaps less so for Amps and speakers.

Also, has anyone found a full AGO pedalboard.  Is that practical?

I have also read
	Classical Music 64,108,179
	Computer Music 196,362,1828,1995
	Music V2 619

Thanks<Advance>In

Paul
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Note 196.0                REPLACEMENT FOR CHURCH ORGAN                11 replies
CIPHER::MARI                                         22 lines  25-NOV-1985 21:41
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This note is somewhat off the subject, but it should generate some interesting 
dialog and I need all the help that I can get.

I am a member of a committee that is responsible for selecting a replacement 
for a 40 year old church organ.  Our committee ranges in technical expertise 
from totally to completely ignorant, so we need your help.

Can you recommend who to contact, where to get competitive literature, 
evaluation criteria, vendors, features, problems, specs...?

Our system requirements are as follows:
	- total budget approx. 15k$ to include "organ", 2 mikes, speakers
	- system performance adequate for church seating 250 people with
	  fair acoustics
	- keyboard operation simple enough for organist with strong
	  technical anxiety
	- fair selection of voices: organ, pipes, chimes, bells, 
	  synth sounds, ...
	- some flexibility for future addition of more mikes, maybe stereo
	- background rhythms and fillin are of secondary importance

    I have not found full AGO pedalboards, but I have seen kits that
    will allow you to "MIDI" up such a pedalboard.   Contact me via
    MAIL; I may still have the literature on this.
    
    I bought an 18-note pedalboard as a compromise ... more than 13
    but far from AGO specs ...
    
    	-Jim
    
    Ah, if I could only afford a couple of ranks of MIDI'd *real* pipes!

    You might try doing a DIR/KEY=PEDAL*.  There are one or two topics on
    this as well. 

-b

RE:.1  For myself I've been thinking a kit route but probably not for a church.

	I would love to replace my Baldwin Fantasia, maybe if I let my 1� year
	old play with it a bit?

	I like the idea of midi'ing the pipes, how would you get the midi 
	velocity information to change the opening speed of a pipe pallet,
	and don't forget that tracker feel of control.

	Although a little off the subject, and wrong notes file, but does
	anyone know anything about kits, both electronic and real live
	pipes?
	  
	
RE:.3  I saw notes 362.*, see base note, thanks

Also I have asked this in the usenet rec.music.synth, and I will post the
replies here as well.