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​​Opus 68

This four-manual console with lighted coupler tabs and dual touchscreens was recently installed in a private home in the NYC area. It features an eight-channel audio system with two subwoofers. The Salisbury Cathedral sample set is shown, but several other sample sets were also installed.

Opus 90 was installed in January of 2025 in the Twin Cities area in the home of a well-known local organist. It's a three-manual console with touchscreen-controlled stops and a 6-channel audio system with subwoofer. 

Opus 94 was installed in May of 2025 in Allentown, PA. Stops and couplers were custom-engraved for the Rotterdam sample set, and the organ includes a physical Zimblestern and an eight-channel audio system with antiphonal speakers.

Opus 81 was installed  in December at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Paul. The congregation's older two-manual Allen organ was transformed into a three-manual virtual pipe organ with new tracker-touch manuals.

It uses the Hereford Cathedral sample set, and has a 10-channel audio system in which the Solo division is heard from the front of the church, while the Swell, Great, and Choir are in the rear. Stops are controlled via dual touchscreen monitors which are supplemented by 24 physical coupler tabs with custom engraving. The console has three expression/crescendo pedals, 16 toe studs, and 60 thumb pistons. 

Opus 80 was installed in a private home in St. Paul, MN in mid-September. This console was custom designed to allow it to be moved into a second floor apartment in an old building with narrow doorways. The custom oak casework provides space for three manuals, 65 moving drawknobs, and 24 coupler tabs in a very compact euro-style console. The stops are engraved to match the selected sample set (the Hereford Cathedral Willis) and the setup includes a computer with 32GB of RAM and an eight-channel audio system with subwoofer. Headphones can be used for quiet practicing. 

Opus 87 was installed in the Twin Cities area, and includes four manuals along with a working coupler rail with lighted tabs and an extensive array of thumb pistons, toestuds, and expression pedals. 

Opus 93 was completed in April, 2025 at Pittsboro United Methodist Church in Pittsboro, NC. We built a rolling platform for the organ to allow it to be moved around within the church's multi-use facility. An existing organ was converted on-site to midi, and additional toestuds and expression pedals were added, along with a complete Hauptwerk system and multi-channel audio.

Opus 88 was completed in July 2024 at St. Luke's Church in Faribault, Minnesota. The new virtual pipe organ was built in the beautiful case of the congregation's custom Allen organ from 1969. All of the old electronic components were removed and replaced with new midi components from DTS Midi Systems. 95 custom-engraved stop tabs with moving tab actions were installed, matching the stops and couplers of the Hereford Cathedral sample set.

We installed an amazing 10-channel audio system that includes a main array of speakers located in an upper-level chamber in the front of the chancel, with supplemental speakers located in an upper chamber in the rear. Monitor speakers were installed near the console to ensure that the organist hears the same volume level as the congregation.  

Opus 89 was installed in October of 2024 in Florence, SC. The multi-channel audio system sounds great with the big surround-sound sample sets chosen by the client. 

The following are included as examples of possible features and configurations.

Opus 79 was installed at Trinity Free Lutheran Church in Grand Forks, ND during July of 2019. The organ features full moving drawknob and tab combination action, and uses the Hereford Willis sample set. A multi-channel audio system fills the sanctuary with rich, authentic pipe organ sound. 

Opus 82 was completed in January at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, AZ. This beautiful instrument features 91 moving drawknobs and 24 moving tabs, and a full array of pistons and couplers. The keyboards have ebony naturals and cherry sharps. The touchscreen monitor is hidden in a sliding drawer below the right stop jamb, and small LCD displays are used to show expression and crescendo pedal position and other information. 

The drawknobs were custom engraved to match the selected Hereford Cathedral sample set, and Hauptwerk 5 runs on a Dell computer with solid state drive. The audio system features 16 channels, including 2 subwoofers and 14 large full-range speakers. 

Opus 85 was installed in 2023 in the Des Moines, Iowa area. It features four manuals with reverse-color wooden keys, a full complement of custom thumb pistons, and an adjustable bench. A variety of sample sets were installed, and the system includes an extensive audio system with monitor speakers near the console and large speakers and subwoofers at the opposite end of the room, providing an amazing level of concert-hall sound. 

Opus 92 was built in the Manhattan apartment of a wonderful organist. The client's existing console was converted to midi and fitted with a complete Hauptwerk system. 

Opus 84 was completed and installed in June of 2021 in a private home in Portland, OR. The console was built with lighted drawknobs and tabs that were engraved to match the Hereford Cathedral Willis sample set, and the system features a six-channel audio system.