I’ve been associated with Allen Organ Company (Macungie, PA) for many years and I am currently consulting for Allen Organs Arizona. The company, founded in 1937, is the largest builder of organs in the world. If you would like information about an organ for yourself or your church, please contact me
Allen Organs Arizona web site
Here I am seated at the console of a new Allen installed recently at Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran Church in Sun City, AZ
Concert artist, Carlo Curley, shows his size 12 socks before playing the dedication concert of the new Allen installed at Tri-City Baptist Church, Chandler, AZ
Listen to Carlo play Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor on the Allen “all digital” organ. Sit back and enjoy. You may wish to put headphones on because this is not a clip, it is the complete work! Do you agree with me that this is a fantastic sounding organ? And...Carlo’s playing is terrific.
This is a link to the company web site in Macungie, PA
Allen Elite series organ. Recorded in Normandy, France. This is an HD video. The music is a bit obscure, but the sound and the imagery are beautiful.
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen performed by Barry Holben using MIDI sounds at the factory recital hall in Macungie, PA.
©Dale Matthies, 2011
Joy and I visited Falls Church Presbyterian for a tour of their new Allen Elite VI. I recorded this with a pocket camera that could not capture the majesty of the organ’s tone. This instrument is voiced with 82 Willis English stops and has a broad, thick sound when you hear it live.
Allen Elite VII in final voicing stage at factory
Allen Q-325C installed in Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran Church, Sun City. This installation features a wealth of MIDI voices including a Yamaha Clavinova that can be played from any of the keyboards or pedals on the organ. Kathy Tofanelli plays her original composition for the church’s 50th Anniversary.
Allen Q-350 installed December, 2009 at Tri-City Baptist Church in Chandler, AZ. This is selections from Ellingboe Requiem performed on Good Friday, 2011.
1966 Allen TC-4...the oldest known installation in a Phoenix church that is used for every service.