Acknowledgements
George Wright - His musical genius is to blame for lighting a musical fire in my imagination
John Andrews - for friendship, extraordinary patience, and electronics expertise par excellence. John's natural intuition for circuits and how they work, and even how they will sound, is unique in my experience. Without John, I could not have at first expanded the original analogue instrument, or had any hope of comprehending what was to come next. An ongoing extraordinary electronics, electrical tutor and a very good listener.
Neil Jensen - for friendship, off the wall creativity and his wonderful Connoisseur Hauptwerk sample sets. Neil had a vision of a world class VTPO offering of unique excellence, which he has realised.
John Giacchi and Cameron Simpson who, with their Kontakt engined 'Ginger' (a Rodgers 340 console) first lit the light in my head of what might be possible from a digitally sampled VTPO and for freely supplying me with their early, but high quality samples. Cam's generosity in technical support ensured that my first Gigastudio VTPO got off the ground.
Simon Gledhill - for somehow finding the time to assist with my specification and always providing unbiased feedback of the highest order over many years now. And from his visits, leaving Ruby with some of the most fabulous music ever performed on a theatre organ. Simon has skilled me up on so many levels which apply to voicing, scaling, tremulant settings and musicality. Without this, Ruby would not sound as she does now.
Don Clark - for building, without compromise, the fabulous 'Ruby' console
Jim Gallops - for invaluable insight into extracting the best from Hauptwerk and for always pushing what is possible from Hauptwerkt to the next level.
Don Springer - for sharing his Hauptwerk ODF knowledge and work, and for never losing his passion for the genius of George Wright.
Red Carlson, Rich Lewis & Mark Anderson - for their ingenious Artisan µMIDI control system and unmatched support.http://www.artisanorgans.com/
Martin Dyde and Brett Milan - for the creation of Hauptwerk and incredible support. http://www.hauptwerk.com/
Betty & Bob Arndt - engraving, and lot's of re-engraving, and loverly stoptabs. http://www.arndtorgansupply.com/
Jerrell Kautz - for his patience during my acquisition of the 5th last Rodgers 340 ever built and analogue expansion parts, and now for his freely supplied webserver space for this site. http://theatreorgans.com/
Owen Jones - for introducing me to popular organ playing and, most importantly, the genius of George Wright. Without Owen my first efforts at a VTPO would not have materialised. http://theatreorgans.com/owenjones/
And, finally, but most importantly, to Katie and Audrey for their belief in me and their unwavering support and encouragement of my VTPO madness!
John Andrews - for friendship, extraordinary patience, and electronics expertise par excellence. John's natural intuition for circuits and how they work, and even how they will sound, is unique in my experience. Without John, I could not have at first expanded the original analogue instrument, or had any hope of comprehending what was to come next. An ongoing extraordinary electronics, electrical tutor and a very good listener.
Neil Jensen - for friendship, off the wall creativity and his wonderful Connoisseur Hauptwerk sample sets. Neil had a vision of a world class VTPO offering of unique excellence, which he has realised.
John Giacchi and Cameron Simpson who, with their Kontakt engined 'Ginger' (a Rodgers 340 console) first lit the light in my head of what might be possible from a digitally sampled VTPO and for freely supplying me with their early, but high quality samples. Cam's generosity in technical support ensured that my first Gigastudio VTPO got off the ground.
Simon Gledhill - for somehow finding the time to assist with my specification and always providing unbiased feedback of the highest order over many years now. And from his visits, leaving Ruby with some of the most fabulous music ever performed on a theatre organ. Simon has skilled me up on so many levels which apply to voicing, scaling, tremulant settings and musicality. Without this, Ruby would not sound as she does now.
Don Clark - for building, without compromise, the fabulous 'Ruby' console
Jim Gallops - for invaluable insight into extracting the best from Hauptwerk and for always pushing what is possible from Hauptwerkt to the next level.
Don Springer - for sharing his Hauptwerk ODF knowledge and work, and for never losing his passion for the genius of George Wright.
Red Carlson, Rich Lewis & Mark Anderson - for their ingenious Artisan µMIDI control system and unmatched support.http://www.artisanorgans.com/
Martin Dyde and Brett Milan - for the creation of Hauptwerk and incredible support. http://www.hauptwerk.com/
Betty & Bob Arndt - engraving, and lot's of re-engraving, and loverly stoptabs. http://www.arndtorgansupply.com/
Jerrell Kautz - for his patience during my acquisition of the 5th last Rodgers 340 ever built and analogue expansion parts, and now for his freely supplied webserver space for this site. http://theatreorgans.com/
Owen Jones - for introducing me to popular organ playing and, most importantly, the genius of George Wright. Without Owen my first efforts at a VTPO would not have materialised. http://theatreorgans.com/owenjones/
And, finally, but most importantly, to Katie and Audrey for their belief in me and their unwavering support and encouragement of my VTPO madness!
