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Viscount Hybrid Organs

Where Pipes and Digital Become One™

Introducing a new era in hybrid pipe organ technology.

Patented Tuning Technology

Every Viscount Laurel (Hybrid Pipe Organ System) has a patented aural and barometric pressure dual tuning method. Laurel listens to the pipes every few milliseconds, and through the use of Viscount's exclusive and patented tuning technology, even anticipates tuning changes before they happen by also monitoring ambient temperature shifts as they happen. Through the use of highly complex algorithms, a hybrid organ with digital stops powered by Viscount Laurel will never be out of tune with its respective windblown pipes.

Simple Hookup

Viscount Laurel is simple to set up, completely customizable, and the over 1200 voice models powered by the state of the art Physis® Technology, can be matched to the exact scaling, wind pressures, 'cut up', and types of materials used as in the real windblown pipes. For instance, a metal pipe with higher zinc content produces a different sound than a metal pipe containing another composition. With Physis®, we can digitally match the real pipes to create a complete ensemble that sounds as if it had always been a part of your historic pipe organ since day one.

Existing Console or New

You can install Viscount’s Laurel (Hybrid Pipe Organ System) on an existing console or install a new one. Many pipe organ consoles get worn out before the pipes and windchests. With Viscount's Laurel, you have the power of choice. We can rebuild your existing pipe organ console to its like new condition and install the digital voice enhancements, or you may choose to install a completely new Viscount Pipe Organ Console, designed for the exacting needs of your 21st century church. Even if no digital voice additions are required, a new replacement Viscount Console with Laurel will power your existing pipe organ.

Laurel is available for already existing and new pipe organs.

Application #1: An Existing Pipe Organ Digital Upgrade Utilizing Original Console

Before Laurel Upgrade

 

 

This church's pipe organ was still in excellent condition, but the console components and respective aging control system was becoming very unreliable. One of our highly skilled certified Laurel™ Installers consulted directly with the church to determine the needs of their music ministry and work within a budget that was acheivable for their congregation.

After Laurel Upgrade

 

 

The Viscount Certified Laurel™ Installer was able to completely rebuild the console with new state of the art circuitry and components. They were also able to install a new custom made stop rail that incorporated thoughtful digital organ voice enhancements to add more interesting colors to the total organ ensemble.

Since the Laurel™ System is powered by Viscount's Internationally Patented Physis® Physical Modeling Technology, the Viscount Installer was able to virtually build every single digital pipe rank to custom match the scaling, temperament, and overall tonal pallette of the real windlown pipe ranks perfectly.

In addition to building the voices with incredible sophistication and an almost eery realism, through Physis®, the installer was also able to match the wind pressures of the windblown pipes, and even make the digital voices act with a similar amount of windchest stability when air supply is sometimes more limited as additional stops are selected in real time.

All of these features make a Viscount Hybrid Organ the most realistic hybrid pipe organ option in the market.

Application #2: An Existing Pipe Organ Digital Upgrade Utilizing New Viscount Console

Old Organ Design Covering Window

New Design Revealing Window

Application #3: An New Custom Designed Pipe Organ Utilizing Additional Digital Voices

Design Concept for New Pipe Organ

Viscount Pipe Organ Windchest Rendering

Installed American Made Pipes

A hybrid organ is a combination between a pipe organ and a digital organ. This combination can offer your church many different advantages. For example, you can replace your obsolete console with a, often less expensive, digital console. You also have the option of very simply adding extra voices to your current pipe organ.

Viscount Hybrid Organs Viscount has been a forerunner with the development and building of hybrid organs for decades. Viscount has a long history with building musical instruments and is very flexible on the construction of different installations by facing every exigent request. Our digital organs are equipped with the most advanced technology like Physis® and are designed to be perfectly interfaced with pipe organs using our V.P.I.(Viscount Pipe Interface), a special proprietary device that has been especially designed for this purpose.

We are also able to offer an exclusive patented solution that allow our digital organs to be always tuned with pipes organs. The notes emitted by pipe can slightly change because of ambient temperature variation. Our device is equipped with multiple sensors that detect minute environmental changes that affect pipe organ tuning. This information is used to tune the notes produced by the digital generation with those produced by pipes. This advanced technology has proven to be very reliable and fast, and been installed in organs worldwide.

 

Let us build your new hybrid pipe organ.

J S BACH Trio Sonata No 4 in E minor, BWV 528 Adagio — Allegro