Renaissance Theatre
10
Section III
INSTALLATION, VOICING, and CARE
OF THE ORGAN
INSTALLATION
Wherever your Renaissance™ organ may be situated, careful installation is a prerequisite to
achieving successful results. Your Allen representative is well qualified to guide you in planning for
this. Allen Organ factory assistance with planning the installation is available and may be sought by
your local Allen representative. Once the organ is installed, be mindful of changes made to the room
it is located in. Care must be taken to insure that when acoustical changes occur, your Allen Organ
representative is notified.
Bass frequency projection is strongly affected by tone cabinet location. Although none of the tone
cabinets should ever be moved once the installation is completed, extra care should be exercised to
prevent inadvertent movement of the bass tone cabinets. When chambers have been utilized to
house tone cabinets, make sure they are not later used for storage closets. Placing sound absorbent
materials will only damage the organ’s sound quality.
VOICING
The Renaissance™ organ presents unprecedented accuracy in the scaling and voicing of each note
of every stop. Should your needs be such that these parameters need to be changed, your Allen
Organ representative is able to help make these changes. This musical breakthrough is an inherent
part of the engineering design of the instrument. Final adjustments in scaling and voicing involve
procedures that are best left to an expert. These adjustments are normally a part of installation and,
once done, should not require changes. If the instrument is moved to a new location or major
changes are made to the acoustical properties of room the organ resides in, the instrument may need
to be tonally finished again.
Your Allen Organ not only faithfully reproduces the organ traditions of the past but also anticipates
the innovations of the future. Should you have questions that are not addressed in this manual,
please do not hesitate to contact your local Allen Organ representative. Welcome to the family of
satisfied Allen Organ owners!
General voicing notes on the individual models is available at the end of this booklet in Appendix i
page 15.
