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Decent Organ Alternatives?Date: April 27, 2009
Our community chorus occasionally performs pieces requiring organ, which our performing venue, the local junior high auditorium, does not have. The organs we have rented in the past are cumbersome to move, and becoming increasingly expensive. It seems from the recent discussion of electronic harpsichords that good alternatives now exist for that instrument; does anyone know of a portable, electronic instrument that could give a decent organ sound (as part of an orchestra, not as a solo instrument), but not break the bank? Do any have banks of pedals?
Thanks so much. Replies (10): Threaded | Chronological
Brendan Walls on April 28, 2009 11:03am
Try the Nord Series electronic keyboards; I think an added 1 8ve pedal board may be available. It's good especially if you like a portable Steinway with occasional Hammond Sound.
on June 27, 2009 11:30pm
HI, I have the same problem. Look at this: www.hauptwerk.com .
I have not seen nor heard it, but it's an interesting idea. I need a solution before our next outdoor gig. My Korg elec. piano sounds mediocre.
best, Paul
on December 4, 2009 12:21pm
Roland C230. It is relatively new (released this June). Retail is about $3,900, but street price is less. It is very hard to get at the moment. Best way to get it is to contact a Rodgers organ dealer (same company).
on December 4, 2009 7:22pm
Hi Barbara,
We use hauptwerk run on a mac for our organ and it is phenomenal!!! I can not say enough nice things about the technology. You can get a sense of what it can do on our website, www.sjpres.org. Go to the sermons link and click on the 50th Jubilee service. The piece that we commissioned is for organ, choir, and brass. See what you think.
The program and hardware are expensive but when compared to the maintainance cost and purchase price of a real organ we find it worth it.
Yours,
John Cook
Director of Worship and the Arts
St. James Presbyterian
Littleton, CO
on December 7, 2009 2:11pm
Ahlborn-Galanti - they make electronic organs - has a small keyboard-type portable organ:
I have no experience with it, but I suspect that it would give a much more organ-like sound than a standard keyboard. If you really need something with pedals but still is highly portable, then you should probably go with a Hauptwerk setup.
on January 26, 2010 9:11am
I used the model prior to this one for a month while we were in the midst of moving to a new sanctuary. It registers just like an organ - except that it has buttons instead of tabs or pull draws. The organ sounds (assuming decent speakers) are as good as their full-size organ. Very portable, but no pedalboard.
Kantor Stephen P. Johnson
Blessed Savior Luthean Church - New Berlin, WI
on January 26, 2010 5:18am
I found a little Korg keyboard in a closet at my church. I happend to have a very good, very small speaker, that I owned, and connected to this little Korg it does a super job with piano or basic organ sound.
It is simple: the Korg keyboard, a speaker, two electrical plugs and a cord between the keyboard and speaker.
I suggest you buy used, if you have to buy anything, and just keep trying until you find the sound you want.
It doen't have to be a complex solution or expensive.
N
on January 26, 2010 4:19pm
One of my good frined, Kentaro Sato, told me that he had a good experience using Hoffrichter Block Organ.
He sent me some links to organ and pedal products by Roland. Hope they help!
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