Allen Organ Company, formed in 1939 by Jerome Markowitz, is located in Macungie, Pennsylvania, It is one of the world's largest builders of electronic and digital organs. Allen introduced the world's first[citation needed] digital musical instrument in 1971. Since 1939 Allen has installed over 80,000[verification needed] electronic instruments world-wide. Today Allen builds classical digital and combination digital and pipe organs, as well as digital theatre organs. All are built in the United States. Image File history File links Allenorgans_logo. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Macungie is a borough located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... Organ in Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Modern style pipe organ at the concert hall of Aletheia University in Matou, Taiwan The organ is a keyboard instrument with one or more manuals, and usually a pedalboard. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... The classic Hammond electronic organ, invented in the 1930s and popular for decades thereafter. ... Organ in Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany // The pipe organ (Greek ὄÏγανον, órganon) is a musical instrument that produces sound by admitting pressurized air through a series of pipes. ... A theatre organ is a pipe organ or an electronic organ designed specifically for imitation of the orchestra. ...
Inspired by the Hammond organ, Jerome Markowitz was determined to build a better electronic organ, and that he did. Over the years, he built many home and church organs, and then in 1971 they introduced the first digital instrument. It was a risky decision. This is when the company went public. Much to the company's happiness, it took off, and Allen set the standard for digital organs.
Allen pioneered the use of transistors to replace vacuum tube oscillators.
ALLENORGAN COMPANY is the oldest and largest builder of Traditional Church Organs, and Theater Organs, in the world.
AllenOrgans with Expanded Audio Capabilities offer unique solutions to reduce costs, improve tonal results, and make more efficient use of worship space, by incorporating the sounds of keyboards, CD players, etc, through the organs more efficient, higher quality, and strategically placed speakers.
The immediate predecessor of the electronic organ was the harmonium, or reed organ, an instrument that was very popular in homes and small churches in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Unlike reed organs, this gave her great control over her music's dynamic range, while at the same time freeing one or both of her feet to play on a pedalboard, which, unlike nearly all reed organs, electronic organs incorporated.
Electronic organs are still made for the home market, but they have been largely replaced by the digital keyboard or synthesizer, which is not only smaller and cheaper than typical electronic organs or traditional pianos, but also far more capable than the most advanced electronic organs of earlier years.
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