[Magdalen] Toaster

[Scott Knitter]

The non-pipe organs that are more impressive are those that use the
Hauptwerk software; check YouTube for some good recordings. This technology
involves careful sampling of every pipe of a notable pipe organ so that a
playback program can be used with a console and pedal board to reproduce
that organ's sound in performing organ works. A step up from electronically
synthesized "toasters."

One "toaster" that fooled me was the one used temporarily at All Saints',
Margaret Street, in London during renovations. It sounded very good,
although those who had experienced the pipe organ would surely have noticed
a difference.

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 10:12 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> The large RC parish just north of me here has a new, rather nice
> church building. that seats 800.  I went to their dedicatory organ
> concert Sunday afternoon.
>
> I know little about electronic organs, my experience being pretty much
> with pipe organs.  Many of my organist friends use the expression,
> "toaster." for these instruments which are, perhaps, about one half
> the cost of the same size pipe organ.
>
> After this recital, I agree with them.  I do not understand why the
> electronic organ companies cannot exactly reproduce the pipe organ
> sound.  The instrument in question is a large, 63 rank, three manual
> instrument by the Allen Company, which is headquartered just down
> the Turnpike at Allentown, Pennsylvania.
>
> I guess there is nothing like the real thing.
>
>
>
> David S.
>
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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA