Specifications

RENAISSANCE 450 SECTION VII
26.
INSTALLATION, and VOICING,
OF THE ORGAN
INSTALLATION
Wherever your Renaissance organ may be situated, careful installation is a
prerequisite to achieving successful results. Your Allen representative is well
qualified to guide you in planning for this. Allen Organ factory assistance with
planning the installation is available and may be sought by your local Allen
representative. Once the organ is installed, be mindful of changes made to the room it
is located in. Care must be taken to insure that when acoustical changes occur, your
Allen Organ representative is notified.
Bass frequency projection is strongly affected by tone cabinet location. Although none
of the tone cabinets should ever be moved once the installation is completed, extra
care should be exercised to prevent inadvertent movement of the bass tone cabinets.
When chambers have been utilized to house tone cabinets, make sure they are not
later used for storage closets. Placing sound absorbent materials (choir robes, flowers,
papers, etc.) will only damage the organ’s sound quality.
VOICING
The Renaissance organ presents unprecedented accuracy in the scaling and voicing of
each note of every stop. Should your needs be such that these parameters need to be
changed, your Allen Organ representative is able to help make these changes. This
musical breakthrough is an inherent part of the engineering design of the instrument.
Final adjustments in scaling and voicing involve procedures that are best left to an
expert. These adjustments are normally a part of installation and, once done, should
not require changes. If the instrument is moved to a new location or major changes
are made to the acoustical properties of room the organ resides in, the instrument may
need to be tonally finished again.
If your musical needs change, the Renaissance Organ is capable of having the existing
voices replaced with other voices. There are available voices stored in memory on
compact discs that can be exchanged with your existing voices. Contact your Allen
Organ representative to demonstrate examples and make the changes for you.
Your Allen Organ not only faithfully reproduces the organ traditions of the past but
also anticipates the innovations of the future. Should you have questions that are not
addressed in this manual, please do not hesitate to contact your local Allen Organ
representative. Welcome to the family of satisfied Allen Organ owners!