Viscount Chorum Organs - Video introduction - ENG

[stuartmclaren]

I agree it doesn’t sound as it should. I expressed such an opinion to our local agent. I own a large earlier Prestige Viscount which I purchased second hand. I am very satisfied with it for my home as it is not in a church and I don’t play it loud due to my hearing issues. One of the main issues I have found with many digital organ installations in churches is they were encouraged to buy the most expensive for their budget and then minimise the sound system. Would you purchase and install a high end TV without a proper antenna?

How an organ will sound depends very much on the acoustics of the enclosure (ie the church or hall) . I have heard an Allen which sounded marvellous in a church with excellent acoustics and the same model sounded very harsh and directional in a building of marginal acoustics. The worse case I came across was a 3 manual Allen installed in a regional city cathedral. The church essentially ran out of money so the sound system was cut to the bone. The console at the front did not have internal speakers and the only speakers were 2 side by side at the rear. We, the organists, were told not to play loud as it blasted those at the rear. Had they bought a smaller model with a proper sound system to distribute the sound around the church it would have been a much better option.

Where we are, our $ is very low compared to the USD and with transport and sales tax the purchase of a quality organ is in reality over twice what would be paid in the USA or Europe. So unfortunately when corners are cut and it only damages the reputation of the product.


Pipe organs I think sound better in a church of marginal acoustics as the sound comes from multiple sources ie individual pipes rather than all the sound from one or two speakers. In this situation a sound engineer or expert is needed to design a sound system including multiple speakers to evenly distribute the sound around the church. Such sound systems are expensive but what good is an organ which doesn’t live up to expectations? This I feel is the problem with the organ in this video and Viscount have done themselves no favours in producing a video where the organ sounds less than it’s best.

[mrcontrapunct]

Sorry, but it totally sounds like the organist is playing the piece right now, at first sight. The tempo falters, you can't feel the meter. A company should present a more demanding presentation as an advertisement.
By the way, the sound of the organ is beautiful, the question is whether it was recorded with a microphone or an audio cable from the organ. Because I found that the speakers distort more than it can be heard here.
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[musicisitall]

sounds very artificial. each year the organs from viscount and johannus became less realistic

[tomasznowak]

I had opportunity to hear recital performed by very good organist on Viscount organ. After thirst half my friend and me went away because it was worse sound I heard ever. Like organ from 1960. Terrible. I had also possibilities ti touch the keyboards. I had the same impression. They don't know what they doing.

[markferwerda]

What a terrible sounding would only use one of these with a Hauptwerk virtual organ!!!!

[Knappa]

Sounds awful. The impact of each note is so aggressive, and the tone tinny.