Allen Organ TC-4 1962

This is me on my new 1960's Allen Organ. I got the organ for $3000.00. The song is from "An Organ Instruction Book."

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[JoRoAM1]

Hi coolnick.

One thing for sure! Having an organ such as your Allen at home is a good idea! One can practise whenever!

[CoolNick107]

@JoRoAM1 Ya! It is so nice.

[CaptainSiberia]

What a fantastic organ! I never knew Allen Organs created such rich sounds!

[CoolNick107]

@CaptainSiberia Thanks! This is an analog organ, and this was one of the first videos of this organ that I ever posted on YouTube! I have done a lot more with the organ now that I know how to make the most use out of it. Time to post a new video of the organ.

[maynardcat]

This organ sure has very deep bass.

[CoolNick107]

@maynardcat It does have deep bass, and I do that on purpose. I have a mixing board (top left) on top of the organ where I can control the volume of the bass, middle, and treble of the Diapason, Flutes, and Reeds of the organ.

[BenjaminNicholaus]

There is a video of a TC-4 in a Catholic Church in Phoenix and the acoustics are really nice. The organ sounds surprisingly sweet with only a few voices I didn't care for. Overall, I think it rivals a lot of the digital organs.

[tempetiger]

You really play great! Nice registration and timing. I bought my house organ, a Hammond A-100, from a church in Mesa, AZ, in 1991. It has really worked great. It was originally manufactured in 1963 and, like all tone-wheel organs, never needs tuning.

[Xerox6085I]

@donovad2007 It's all in the eye of the beholder. When you buy on eBay you don't know what you are getting unless you can try the instrument out first. Even then it may have hidden Gremlins which will show up later. At least with a dealership they can give you service and even 90 days warranty on a quality used instrument.

[Xerox6085I]

@pipeorgan09 Not true, a pipe organ which was not tonally finished and or maintained can sound terrible, compared to a electronic which was installed and tonally finished to fit the room.

[Xerox6085I]

@rmaccrea The gyrophonic loudspeakers found in a console often time have a AC motor and they tend to be noisy compared to the DC type two to three speed settings (Choral & Tremolo)

[Xerox6085I]

How is the tuning holding up on this instrument? I just serviced a TC-4 last week and it would tune no better than A438 as the tuning capacitors under the generator racks have drifted quite a bit.