1983 Schantz – St. Philip’s ELCA, Fridley, MN

 

 

After the organist at this church purchased one of my sample sets, I contacted him to see if he would be interested in having this organ sampled, since the church is about 15-20 minutes away from my location.  The instrument is in great shape, regularly maintained and much loved by the congregation. I did some test recordings in December of 2015, then eventually scheduled the recording sessions for September-October 2016.

The organ was recorded at 24-bit/48kHz in 4 channels, but during production and testing we found that the gentle acoustic of about 1.5~2 seconds of reverb really didn’t warrant the extra work of creating a surround version – the effect was not noticeable.  So, we instead chose to use a mix of the 4 channels to give a good impression of the space. A mostly dry version utilizing just the front 2 channels is available by special request for public installation or for those who want to add their own reverb.

This organ is intended to be a replacement for our venerable Schantz from FBR, released first in 2004 for HW 1, then updated in 2006 for HW 2.  We no longer have access to that instrument, so there is no chance to go back and record it in better resolution and with better editing and noise reduction techniques.

We hope you enjoy this instrument, it is a colorful and articulate organ, great for both practice and performance.

Demos

 

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Type: American Classic
Format: Hauptwerk version 4.21+
Recordings: 24 bit 48 kHz
Default Memory Requirements (Wet): 2.37GB (16bit) 4.64GB (24bit)
Keyboards/Stops/: 3/50
Works with Free/trial edition?: partial load

$149

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Stoplist

*Stops that have been added using existing material (revoiced or borrowed)