Information about Cantor Digital Organs

CANTOR HISTORY

CANTOR began building electronic Digital Church Organs in 1983 . From the beginning, Cantor digital organs have been respected for high quality digital sound  quality and technology throughout Europe. Organists and engineers combined their knowledge of the traditional pipe organ with the latest digital organ technology to achieve a digital replica of pipe organs that are representative of the finer Dutch, and North German, and French pipe organ builders. 

Our goal is to follow the practice of traditional pipe organ builders. Each inquiry is involves listening to the client to evaluate the their specific needs, and to evaluate if a digital church organ will meet their requirements.. It is our hope that each client obtains a clear understanding of the possibilities and characteristics that make Cantor a pipe organ replica for any style and application.

Cantor digital organs are carefully designed to each client's specification and hand-crafted for each specific installation.  The essential aspects of this design process are to plan the installation of the organ to maintain both an esthetic appearance in the room and ensure the proper placement of loudspeakers to resemble the location of the pipes in the traditional pipe organ case.  Through proper design and placement, we have the capability to accurately replicate the sound of a traditional pipe organ. 

These design concepts are specific for each application.  Each installation is carefully designed in accordance with the needs of each client.  We can portray these concepts through drawings to demonstrate the final appearance and location of the organ.

CANTOR designs both the organ consoles and speaker enclosures using experienced craftsmen.  Unlike domestic digital organs, Cantor uses advanced, custom designed,  real-time tonal technology.  Once the organ is completed,  the initial voicing begins.  This is accomplished by carefully regulating the instrument stop by stop, tone by tone with sophisticated computers and software.  Once the organ is completed and placed at its destination, the organ is "tonally finished" again, taking into account the specific acoustical characteristics and the expectations of the client for each installation.