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Our business has been a part of the electronic organ industry since 1948. We have been at the forefront of technology for all of those years, and represented the best products available, regardless of the manufacturer. Throughout our 65 years, we’ve sold several different organ brands, each serving a different and specific need for our customers. At the inception of our business, Norman Whitesel saw that the electronic organ had a place in music worship services. In an age filled with only pipe organs and small reed organs, Norman exemplified what it meant to be a true visionary. Fast forward just a few years, and the electronic organ grew to dominate the organ market. A few decades later, the next generation of ownership, Carroll Motsinger, saw that the digital computer was going to play a major role in the development of better and more realistic pipe organ sounds. For this reason, we proudly represented Allen Organ Company with the invention of the digital computer organ.
Allen Organ was a visionary company at the time, and knew the importance of securing the patents on this technology. In the late 80’s and early 90’s, we saw the sampled sound organ become the standard. Because Allen Organ was protected under international patents, there was no stopping them.
Today, we have are experiencing a similar change in organ technology. Based on facts and trends in the world’s technologies, both inside and outside of the music industry, it is clear to us that Physical Modeling is the next generation in pipe organ sound generation technology. Physical Modeling has been in development by many companies for decades. The biggest hurdle in these previous attempts was the speed of that era’s processors. Physical modeling requires virtually no hard drive space, but large amounts of real time computing power. This is because the information is interpreted in real time, constantly changing based on the user who’s playing the instrument. Old sampled sound technology requires massive amounts of storage, and the system simply regurgitates the recording (the same every time or randomly) when the user presses down a key. While physical modeling technology has been used in the past, not until recently has it been able to achieve the level of realism we can now experience. And the stability of this new platform is incredible. The failure rate of sampled sound devices eclipses that of the Viscount UNICO Organ platform.
Viscount has received the international patents for the creation of pipe organ pipes through physical modeling technology. Viscount is the visionary that saw real promise in physical modeling early on. They have made the big investment. They now have a first class and state of the art product to show for it. And they are continuing to make it better every day.
Some of our competitors tell churches that Viscount’s new physical modeling technology (Physis) will just make a splash, and then it’ll be gone. If physical modeling technology will just make a splash, then why did Korg use it in their ultra-performance proline keyboard SynthKit in 1994, their Prophecy in 1995, their Trinity in 1995, their Oasys PCI in 1999, their Oasys in 2005, and their Kronos in 2011? If physical modeling technology will just make a splash, then why did one of the finest, most respected, and oldest piano makers in the world, Bluthner Piano Company, approve and authorize the creation of a physically modeled version of their Model 1 Grand Piano by Modartt Company? If physical modeling technology will just make a splash, then why would Yamaha Corporation invest so much money into its development, and have created so many of these products? If physical modeling technology will just make a splash, then why has Viscount seen steady sales growth of the UNICO Organ line since its release in an industry currently experiencing an overall decline in sales?
For something that is just a fad, you would’ve thought Viscount would’ve learned their lesson over a decade ago when they created their first physically modeled drawbar organ. Shouldn’t they have just quit then? Or maybe they should have quit when they developed the physically modeled classical organ sound generator (CM100) for pipe organ additions almost 15 years ago.
Please understand that we are not saying that sampled sound technology is bad. In fact, its sound can be quite realistic and pleasing. But we as Christians, have a duty and moral obligation to offer our church customers something because we believe it is the ‘best’. Sampled sound organs were in fact the best available for many years. This is why we offered it to our customers for two decades. But in our opinion, Viscount’s Physical Modeling Technology (Physis Technology) is a quantum leap ahead of anything sampled sound technology can ever provide to our future customers.
If our competitors want to say this is just a fad, then they aren’t saying to just my company or Viscount, they are saying it to the entire music industry. My Grandfather, Carroll Motsinger, said to me “Grandson. We aren’t married to any company. And no company will tell us what is best for our customers. Our only loyalty is to God and the Churches that we serve.” For this reason, we don’t do what is easy. We do what is best. We install Viscount and Regent Classic Organs with Physis Technology.
