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                       Organs     


The history of Makin Organs began in 1970 when John Makin Pilling acquired part of Compton Organs Ltd, the famous pipe and electronic organ builder. John Compton pioneered the original research into the electronic production of organ tones in the 1920’s. Since then Makin have built a solid reputation for building organs of the highest quality with a special emphasis on large custom-made instruments.

 

Makin place great emphasis on utilising the very latest of technology. In the 1970’s the Compton electrostatic mechanical generator system was replaced by a new revolutionary analogue design which made the electronic organ an acceptable alternative to a pipe organ.

 

In the 1980’s, Makin integrated the ‘Bradford System’ of digital synthesis and then progressed to digital sampling in the 1990’s.

 

Over this time, John Pilling struck up a friendship with Gert van de Weerd, President of Johannus Orgelbouw in Holland. Through this friendship, Makin and Johannus began working together in researching a real-time digital sampling system. Both companies retained their individual identities, but brought their own expertise to the relationship.

 

With the passing of John Pilling, the logical step was to formalise this alliance by Makin Organs becoming a partner of  Johannus Orgelbouw. This has proved to be a beneficial move. By combining operations, skills and techniques, both companies and their customers would see major benefits.

 

Makin Organs still retains their original philosophy of a ‘Reputation of Excellence’ and still builds organs that produce their unrivalled English Cathedral sound.  Whether it be for home, performance venue, church or cathedral, Makin Organs have an organ to suit any location.

 

Standard Features
All Makin organs incorporate the following features as standard:

- English Romantic Voices
- 32 Note AGO Pedal board
- 61 Note Tracker Touch Keyboards
- Transposer +/- 8 semi-tones
- Pitch Control
- Digital Reverberation
- Crescendo Pedal – Programmable
- Divisional Thumb Pistons
- General Thumb Pistons
- Automatic Pedal Piston		- Multiple Piston Memories
- C – C# Split
- Equal Temperament Tuning
- Werkmeister III Temperament Tuning
- Note-by-Note Regulation
- Stop-by-Stop Regulation
- Individual Stop Tuning
- Stop-by-Stop Tremulant Depth
- Departmental Tremulant Speed
- Departmental Real Time Wind Demand Effect
- Independently Adjustable Multi-Rank Mixtures
- Digital Display
- Full Length Bench with Storage Space
- Pedal board Lights
- Wooden Roll top
- Overall Volume Control
- MIDI In-Thru-Out
- Stereo Headphone Socket
- External Reverberation Socket
- Auxiliary In/Out Sockets
- Music Retaining Clips


Makin Models Include:

Westmorland 34 Drawstop
Westmorland 34 Tabstop 
Westmorland 41 Drawstop
Westmorland 41 Tabstop

 


Please listen to a Makin sound sample:

 
 
Rondeau from "Abdelazer" - H. Purcell, C. Morris
Performed by Joseph Nolan (United Kingdom)


For further details, please Request a Brochure below, phone Organ Division Manager, Craig Douglass now on (03) 9872 5122 or email info@musicland.com.au.