Johannus Tradition of Excellence

Johannus's commitment to church organ quality is deeply rooted in their culture and history, as described below.  To learn more about the Johannus Tradition of Excellence, contact us.

In the center of the Netherlands one can find a very special company, Johannus, the famous builder of church organs. It is no coincidence that one of the world's largest builders is situated in The Netherlands because the church organ is deeply rooted in the Dutch tradition.

Holland is the only country in the world with so many famous pipe organs. Throughout the centuries the traditional craftsmanship and knowledge of tonal quality has led the industry. With the famous Dutch organ builders (Schnitger, Batz and Muller) it is a must for any organist to visit the Netherlands and perform on one of these "Rembrandts" amongst the pipe organs.

Without the past indicated above the Johannus organ would not be able to exist, as the Johannus organ is strongly interwoven with their age-old tradition of pipe organs. This does not only concern the various dispositions, but mainly shows its true value when hearing the typical characteristics of individual timbres of Johannus organ registers. Experienced organists will recognize the registers of famous pipe organs while playing a Johannus.

Johannus is not a random collection of voices recorded from pipe organs. The choice of disposition and the effort for harmony in voice is taking the same traditional and artistic course as it has been with building pipe organs through centuries. Find out more about the range of Johannus organ voices.

Which would give you a more realistic picture of an activity:
    1. Taking pictures with a movie camera.
    2. Taking pictures with a still camera.

Comparing Johannus "Real Time Sampling" to other's standard sampling is like comparing a complete video (Johannus) to a few snapshots (others). Johannus gives you the complete sound from start to finish. See how "Real Time" Sampling works.

DACs (Digital to Analog Converters) retrieve the stored digital samples and bring them to the speaker. For example, with Johannus's system if you had 4 different sounds (colored lines) each would go into a different funnel (speaker) and each would come out just like they went in (the same color). This allows you to play full organ, with as many sounds as you want, and have each sound remain distinct. If on the other hand all four sounds (lines) have to go into the same funnel (everyone else's organ) they will come out mixed (a different color than they went in) and lose their distinction.

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