Welcome to our web site. We appreciate your visit. We have a great time keeping this site up to date; it offers us the opportunity to provide you with much more information about our firm, the organs we have built, and upcoming events, than would ever be possible with printed literature.
Stay as long as you like. Feel free to copy anything of interest. Come back often. And give us a call when we might be of assistance!
Thank you.
Randall Dyer
WELCOME
CURRENT NEWS
We are pleased to announce the receipt of a contract to build a III/45 organ for the First United Methodist Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Built along the lines of our three-manual concept design, the organ will be mechanically new, incorporating a few select ranks from the church's present 1971 Moller.
The next organ up is for The Curtis Institute of Music, in Philadelphia. Our firm's selection by Alan Morrison, Head of the Organ Department there, will result in a three-manual, 14 rank organ. Built in straight design, for correct inner voice leading while practicing music of complex harmonic texture, it will incorporate our Blackinton-style slider-and-pallet chests. Contrasting independent choruses will be available on each manual and Pedal, and tonal variety will be enhanced by inclusion of Flutes in closed, half-closed and open styles, as well as an extended-range Viola Celeste.
The drawknob console will feature ivory keys and a complete complement of couplers, multiple piston memory levels, MIDI interface, and built-in record and playback capability.
The next organ up is for The Curtis Institute of Music, in Philadelphia. Our firm's selection by Alan Morrison, Head of the Organ Department there, will result in a three-manual, 14 rank organ. Built in straight design, for correct inner voice leading while practicing music of complex harmonic texture, it will incorporate our Blackinton-style slider-and-pallet chests. Contrasting independent choruses will be available on each manual and Pedal, and tonal variety will be enhanced by inclusion of Flutes in closed, half-closed and open styles, as well as an extended-range Viola Celeste.
The drawknob console will feature ivory keys and a complete complement of couplers, multiple piston memory levels, MIDI interface, and built-in record and playback capability.
THREE MANUAL DESIGN
ARMSTRONG CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Cincinnati, Ohio
III Manuals, 43 Ranks
Our new organ in Cincinnati, was completed in time for dedication of the organ and additions to the church's building, just before Christmas 2010. The organ at Armstrong embodies our ideal stoplist for a III Manual organ of moderate size. Be sure to read about the philosophy of its design under III Manual Design, in the menu bar.
Musicians at Armstrong are Ben Basone, Director of Music, and Stacy Haney, Organist.
Cincinnati, Ohio
III Manuals, 43 Ranks
Our new organ in Cincinnati, was completed in time for dedication of the organ and additions to the church's building, just before Christmas 2010. The organ at Armstrong embodies our ideal stoplist for a III Manual organ of moderate size. Be sure to read about the philosophy of its design under III Manual Design, in the menu bar.
Musicians at Armstrong are Ben Basone, Director of Music, and Stacy Haney, Organist.
VISITORS
Visitors are always welcome, and despite our small size, are nearly always impressed to see what goes into building all the parts of an organ.
The organ committee from Trinity Lutheran Church, Sanford, North Carolina, visited us in June of 2011. Pictured second and third from left, are John Southern, Chairman of the Committe, and Tamara Lewis, organist. After a very thorough study, the church signed their contract in the April Voter's Meeting. So now, the next time these folks see the truck behind them, it will be sitting in front of their church, with their new organ in it!
The organ committee from Trinity Lutheran Church, Sanford, North Carolina, visited us in June of 2011. Pictured second and third from left, are John Southern, Chairman of the Committe, and Tamara Lewis, organist. After a very thorough study, the church signed their contract in the April Voter's Meeting. So now, the next time these folks see the truck behind them, it will be sitting in front of their church, with their new organ in it!
NEW INFORMATION ABOUT ORGAN TUNING
A new section has been added explaining the manipulation of temperature in your church to keep the organ in good mechanical condition and in tune. Please select "Maintenance" in the menu bar.
"...simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone, and not by meretricious ornamentation, as all good things should do." Adapted from O. Henry
