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What Makes a Phoenix Organ Better Than Other Organs?
Building a fine church organ involves the blending of both ancient traditions and modern technology. Phoenix not only blends the two successfully but does it with the high standards that are usually associated with fine pipe organs. You will find that our prices are surprisingly reasonable for this standard of quality.
Console Quality
Unlike most other electronic organ companies, we refuse to lower our standards to using MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard) in place of wood. We consider it to be a second-class material that is not good enough for a first-class product - a church organ. MDF is also a heavy material that lacks the strength of regular wood. Phoenix uses a combination of hardwood and hardwood plywood. This ensures strong structural components, a lighter material for moveable consoles, dependable consistency to resist warping. Some of our competitors' instruments have beautiful wood finishes like ours but these are facades covering up what is a cheap organ console. With Phoenix you will find high quality inside and out that will last.
Phoenix rebuilds pipe organ consoles so we use high quality console harware that out-classes that of many electronic organ comapnies. Many organs are built with cheap pistons, expression pedals, thumb-pistons, etc. An organist may be the only one that touches these components but it makes a big difference as to how long an organ lasts if the console hardware is of high quality. Take a look!
Dependable Electronic Switches
A common problem with many electronic organs is poor electrical contacts on the hundreds of electronic switches. Deterioration of these results in an organ becoming unplayable. A switch is needed for each note of each keyboard, each key of the pedalboard, each stop, as well as relays for amplifiers and other power equipment. In order to achieve good service capability with organs that are installed thousands of miles away, Phoenix uses high quality switches throughout.
Honest, High Quality Sound
Most electronic organs have good pipe sound reproduction but most of our customers hear a clearer, cleaner sound with Phoenix. Listen for yourself. Phoenix does not use any borrowed stops unlike our competitors. They use exactly the same sound for more than one stop. The ideal is to have a totally separate sound for each and every stop. It is not necessary to use this cost-saving practice on a sampled electronic organ and it is not desirable on a good pipe organ either.
Custom Organ-building at Off-the-shelf Prices
If you have no need for custom features or a special finish to match other furniture then all you may need is an off-the-shelf organ. Phoenix builds no organs on an assembly line so it costs much less for us to do custom work and that may be a great advantage for you. Every organ is hand made with great attention to detail and your design can be unique. In situations where an organ is needed in short order, a standard design may be used to some advantage. Oak is our standard wood finish but we have built consoles with cherry, walnut, mahogany, and wood combinations.