A Closer Look at the Atlanta Cathedral Pipe Organ

[gurdyflowers]

Interesting.

[passacaglia28]

Even thought it is small I am sure it sounds nice. It looks like the room produces great acoustics.

[Georgiaorganist]

Where is the Atlanta Cathedral??

I've lived in Atlanta since 1966 and I haven't heard of it. It's not listed in the phone book, either??

[CantorNikolaos]

@Georgiaorganist

This is the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation in Atlanta. Sorry about the confusion.

[davbear221]

What a beautiful room! I'll bet great accoustics! A BRAVO to the church for at least having a pipe organ!!

[Sesquiltera]

The interior is rather....... tacky.

[CoulterOrganbuilder]

I have taken care of that instrument... It sounds wonderful in the room because of the acoustic. I also completely agree as to other posts preference for all pipe instruments. We have begun building small all pipe instruments like this one for comparable cost to digital.

Thanks for the great video!

[CantorNikolaos]

Thanks for posting!

I love pipe organs and I really think that a small pipe organ would be far more suitable than an electronic organ. The Allen has the capability of sounding good, but it still leaves some things to be desired.

I like it that you are building small pipe organs and trying to compete with the lucrative prices of electronic organs. People need to think of buying or restoring an organ as an investment in the future and not a one time purchase.

[CantorNikolaos]

Pipe organs can last for centuries and electronics inveitably fail.

Allen organs are good and Allen will support them. If I want parts for an MOS or a TC-1, they will support my organ.  That is something I do appreciate about them. I would still say that you'll get a much better return on your investment with a pipe organ. The electronic organ will eventually die in a fraction of the time of a pipe organ's life.

[Jacobre156]

I am a firm believer that having a small pipe organ is much better than having a huge digital organ. My church has two wicks, one very large 60 rank grand organ and a small 3 rank unit organ in the chapel. They are both great instruments, even if their quality is lesser than some of the great organ builders of today.

[cromorne]

This situation is much like a church I sometimes attend in N.Y. They have a beautiful 3 manual 1904 Hutchings-Votey organ and around the 1970's they supplemented it (rather than repair it) with an Allen which is horrifically out of date. Ah, the choices people make.

[CantorNikolaos]

I bet that outdated thing is am embarrassment! I am embarrassed by the MDS at St. George and it is a much newer and better instrument that the 1970s MOS series. I am fascinated by the card reader though. To me those old Allens are fascinating. I want one, but not in church.