Johannus Opus 900 User manual

Johannus
Brand
Johannus
Model
Opus 900
Category
Musical Equipment
Type
User manual

Johannus Opus 900, an original Johannus organ, is a versatile instrument with a range of capabilities that can enhance your musical experience. It features a well-chosen selection of stops, allowing for a wide variety of sound combinations. The MIDI connection enables you to connect different instruments, expanding your musical possibilities. With the digital cathedral effect, you can add depth and resonance to your sound. The capture system allows you to store and recall six custom registration combinations, providing instant access to your favorite settings.

Johannus Opus 900, an original Johannus organ, is a versatile instrument with a range of capabilities that can enhance your musical experience. It features a well-chosen selection of stops, allowing for a wide variety of sound combinations. The MIDI connection enables you to connect different instruments, expanding your musical possibilities. With the digital cathedral effect, you can add depth and resonance to your sound. The capture system allows you to store and recall six custom registration combinations, providing instant access to your favorite settings.

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JOHANNUS ORGELBOUW
A SHORT HISTORY REVIE~
Although JOHANNUSOrgelbouw b.v. is a relatively young company, it has an
extensive experience in building classical electronic organs. It started in a
cellar with the building o-f church organs, o-f whichthe -first was completed on
March 4th, 1971. Soon a-fterwards study organs were included in the assort-
ment.
There were many requests -for this new instrument that allowed many organ
enthousiasts to study classical and lithurgic music (not everyone had the
possibility to play regularly in a church). Due to the increasing prod.lction
the manu-facturing area was soon too small; consequently the -factory moved
to a building in Veenendaal. Here the study organs type S, HIIand HIlI, as well
as the church organs type KII, KIIB,KIICand KIIICwere built.
In 1976 their ownspecialized companywas started, which -fuHilled the demands
o-f both artistic and prod.lction oriented people. Inside o-f the company a
complete concert hall was built, being multi-functional according modern
standards. This hall was to be used -for concerts, demonstrating church
organs and -for voicing o-f the organs. This implies that church organs were
tonetechnically adjusted to a large room, there-fore saving hours o-f voicing
workupon installation o-f the organ within the church itseH.
The new company's inauguration in Ede was on March 12th, 1976, by world-
-famous Dutch organist FEIKEASMA,according to whomthe concert hall was
namedto his ownsurprise as gratitude -for the valuable advice he contributed
to Johannus Orgelbouw b.v., which was the base -for the characteristic
Johannus sound.
Upto nowadays we are building with a lot o-f pleasure and dedication extensive
series o-f "large" and "small"organs meanwhilst being -famousall over the world.
Youare nowthe proud owner oT an original JOHANNUSOrgan, an instrument with
a well chosen and splendidly balanced selection oT stops, making a great
variety oT sound combinations possible. This manual will assist you to make
use oT the almost unlimited possibilli ties oTTered by this JOHANNUSorgan.
The manual provides technical specHications, together with a brieT discussi-
on oT registration. Please spend a Tewminutes reading this important inTor-
mation, then experience the wonderTul potential oT your neworgan.
It is important that you Hrst check the current voltage with the voltage o-f
the organ. The voltage o-f the organ is printed on the serial numberplate,
whichis situated on the leTt side underneath the manuals.
The On/ OT-fswitch is situated on the right side o-f the manuals
The switch lights up when the organ is switched on, aTter a -fewseconds the
ampliHers will be switched on automatically.
The pedalboard o-fyour organ has been equipped with magnetic reed switches.
The magnetic reed switches are invisibly mounted behind the black pedal lath
o-f the organ. The magnets are mounted within the Tront o-f the pedal sticks.
As soon as a pedal note is being played, the reeds switch behind the pedal
lath is being activated by the magnet.
It is thereTore utmostly important to shove the oedalboard straight under
the organ, in order to prevent drop outs o-fpedal tones.
The volume o-f the entire organ is adjustable with the VOLUMEcontrol. This
volume control is situated on the right side o-f the manuals. This volume
control operates independantly -fromthe Swell pedals.
The TRANSPOSER,situated on the right side o-f the manuals, allows you to
change the key in whichyou are playing, i.e. changing the voicing o-f the organ
by three hal-f-tones up or down. The O-position is the normal key (440
Hz).
Uponaccompanying several instruments or singers whopre-fer singing higher or
lower than the original key o-f the music the transposer proves itseH.
The digital cathedral e-f-fect issues accoustic proPerties associated with
resonances o-f certain buildings, and aims to give as wide a level and range o-f
resonance as possible to enhance the tonal quality o-f sound produced -from
the organ. This e-f-fect is adjustable by both a volume control and programm
control, situated on the le-ft side o-f the manuals. With the programmcontrol
1-2-3-4-5-6 you can chose one o-f six di-f-ferent cathedral lengths. Upon
turning the volume control totally counterclockwise you can turn o-f-f the
cathedral e-f-fect.
Every manual has its owntremulants.
Uponusing the couplers the tremulant o-f the relating manual is even being
coupled to the Great organ and/or the pedalboard.
The organ is provided with two pedal- and one manual coupler.
Which means, that upon using the/one pedalcouplerCs) you can play the
registers o-f respectively Great and/or Swell on the pedalboard too. Bymeans
o-f the manual coupler the Swell can be coupled to the Great. Thus the
registers o-f the Swell can be used on the Great manual.
The melodic bass is being switched on by the MBcontrol switch situated next
to the control o-f the capture system.
Uponpressing the control switch the pedalboard can be coupled to the Great
org. In contrary to the "normal couplers" the melodic bass is no complete
coupler: only the lowest tone o-f the accord being played on the Great manual
is being coupled -fromthe pedalboard to the Great organ by using the Melodic
bass.
The leTt Expression Pedal controls the volume oT the Great manual as well as
the Pedalboard. The right Expression Pedal controls the volume oT the Swell
manual.
The preset pistons allowing you to chose a -fixed combination are located
directly below the Great manual.
These presets are : PP - P - MF- F - FF - T - HR- HR+- RO.
Fixed combinations are groups oT useTul registrations, being preselected
according to musical standards TromP (Pianissimo) to T <Tutti)
Pressing the HR-switch enables you to change Troma preset to HandRegist-
ration.
Pressing the HR+switch oTTers the possibility to add stops yourseH to the
registration activated by a -fixedcombination or Tree combination (pIs. reTer
to Capture system).
With the Reeds OT Switch (RO>you are able to switch oTT the reeds at any
time. This applies to Handregistration, Fixed Combinations, and Free Kombina-
tions. Reeds are the voices with red coloured stop tabs.
The pistons Tor controling the Capture system are located on the leTt side
belowthe Great manual, i.e. the pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6-0 and SET. (For specHi-
cation oT MB-functions (Melodic Bass) please -find explanation under title
Melodicbass).
The capture system enables you to store 6 selT chosen combinations oT
registrations in a memory.These combinations can be r.ead out or changed at
any time you want.
"Storing" a combination works as Tollows:
1. Choose the registration you wish to store.
2. Press the piston in which you want to store the Registration,
T.ex. M1.
3. Press the SET-piston shortly. Your chosen Registration is now
being stored within Memory1.
By means oT the above instructions 5 more registrations can be stored,
whereby you should use the pistons 2 - 6.
Upon'storage" oT a combination the old combination within the relating memory
will be automatically cancelled.
Upon pressing the O-piston the activation oT the capture system can be
changed into HandRegistration.
The memoryoT the capture system is such protected, that the stored Free
combinations are not being cancelled or erased upon switching oTT the organ
respectively removal oT the supply cord.
The headphone jack is located on the le-ft side below the manuals, (next to the
serial number plate).
The headphone jack is a stereo connection socket, which is sui table -for any
headphone with an impedance up to 2000 Ohm. Upon using a low-impedance
headphone (8 Ohm)volume could increase too much. This volume is then to be
controlled by VOLUMECONTROLswitch.
Uponusing a headphone the internal loudspeakers o-f the organ will be automa-
tically silenced. The various channels are nowequally spread on both channels
o-f the headphone.
Registrating is essential to the art o-f organ playing. It might as well be one
o-f the most di-f-ficult expressions to be explained, as it mostly depends o-f
the organist's owntaste.
Should you not yet be experienced in registrating, you might need some time
to discover the possibilities o-f your organ. On the reverse o-f this owners
manual you will -find some registration samples. You will -f.ex. note, that a 16
-foot voice within the pedal board (-f.ex. Subbass 16') mostly -forms the base,
whereas on the manuals these are respectively 8' voices (-f.ex. Rohr-flute 8').
Taking this as a basic rule the registration can nowbe -further built up.
Wewould like to recommend to combine as much as possible within a "Regist-
ration Group" or a "Choir". A Principal Choir exist a.o. o-f: PRINCIPAL8, OCTAVE
4', TWELFTH
22/3'
OCTAVE2' ANDMIXTURE.A Flute Choir mostly contains:
ROHRFLUTE8', FLUTE4' and WALDFLUTE2'.
Excellent combinations o-f registers are -f.ex.: PRINCIPAL8' with an OCTAVE4'
or ROHRFLUTE8' with a FLUTE4'.
"Mutation stops", (all voices without entire -footages), may then be used as
coronation on top o-f the combination o-f 8', 4' und 2' registers.
Reeds are Solovoices, nevertheless they can be used as completion within the
-full organ play. Again, your own taste is your best consultant. Practice and
experimentation will provide you with manyexciting options and new combinati-
ons all the time. The -function o-f the expression pedals as well as the tremu-
lants are not to be -forgot ten.
At the rearside o-f your organ (rearview : ric;jJt side below) various so-called
DIN-connections are located. The -functions o-f these connections are being
e)(plained as -follows:
MIDIis an abbreviation o-f: Musical Inter-face -for Digital Instru-
ments. This means, that by means o-f the MIDIconnection you can
connect di-f-ferent instruments to each other, i.e. you can play
-f.e)(. various instruments (provided with MIDI-connections) at a
time.
Uponusing MIDIIN you can have the JOHANNUSorgan play through
another instrument.
MIDITHRUenables you to connect various instruments in "chain-
-form"to each other.
MIDIOUTenables you to to Join another instrument at the same
time whilst playing the Johannus organ.
This In/Output is ment -for connecting your JOHANNUSorgan to
another Audio instrument (-f.e)(. cassette tape recorders). You
will now have the possibility to record your organ per-formance
directly, and even reprod..lce it again via the organ.
This connection is in order to connect JOHANNUS4-channel
digital acoustic system.
This system creates an accoustical situation within (-for instan-
ce) your living room along electronic channels which are very
close to those o-f a cathedral or concert hall.
The cabinet o-f Johannus organs partially consists o-f -finished, partially o-f
massive wood. It should be cleaned either with a so-ft polishing cloth or a
humidchamois leather.
Wedo not recommendusage o-f any Wax,Teakoil etc., as these cleaning com-
pounds mig,t cause damageo-f the lacqier o-f the organ cabinet.
Direct Sunlig,t mig,t cause slig,t discolouring o-f the cabinet, especially
lig,t oak ones. The keyboards, stop tabs and name plates can be cleaned
similar to the cabinet. Little scratches, which mig,t show up on the keys
dJ.ring playing the instrument can easily be removed by car polish.
NEVERUSEABRASIVE,CAUSTICORCORROSIVECLEANINGCOMPOUNDS.THESEDAMAGE
YOURINSTRUMENTBEYONDRECALL.
REGISTRATIOI'J EXAMPLES OPUS
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- Manual compass
- Pedalboard
- Touch
- Couplers
- Tremulants
- Tone generation
- AmplHication
- Volume
- Attack
- Chorus
- Pedalboard
- Mixtures
- Transposer
- Fixed Combinations
- Capture system
- MB(Manual Bass)
- Expression Pedals
C-c"" (5 octaves).
C--f' (32-note radiating and concave, AGO>.
Church organ touch.
complete set o-f manual and pedal couplers.
independant tremulant generator -for Great and Swell
organ.
D.S.R. <Digital-Sampling-Reproduktion) system.
4 ampli-fiers o-f 40 watts each, with 6 speakers.
The volume o-f the organ is externally adjustable.
original sample ot attack e-f-fects.
The JOHANNUSchorus e-f-fect creates a wide tonal quality
spectrum.
The overall reverberation is digitally reproduced, and adjus-
table with 1volume control (continue).
Choise o-f 6 di-f-ferent programs.
wireless magnetic reed switches.
Repeating mixtures on Great, Swell and Pedal.
3 hal-ftones up and down.
PP- P - MF- F - FF - T - RO- HR- HR+.
6 -free programmable registration-combinations.
The lowest tone o-f a chord repeats within pedalboard.
1Expression pedal -for volumecontrol o-f Great and Pedal.
1Expression pedal -for volumecontrol o-f Swell.
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HEADPHONES
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AUXIN/OUT
*
JOHANNUS4-CHANNEL
ACOUSTICS.
*
MIDIIN/THRU/OUT.
For stereo headphones, with an impedance up to 2 kOhm.
stereo audio in- and output.
- Capture system with 24 -free programmable registration
combinations (with illuminated stops).
- Harpsichord/Chimes.
-Light or dark oak -finish with locking woodenroll top
cover.
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Johannus Opus 900 User manual

Johannus
Brand
Johannus
Model
Opus 900
Category
Musical Equipment
Type
User manual

Johannus Opus 900, an original Johannus organ, is a versatile instrument with a range of capabilities that can enhance your musical experience. It features a well-chosen selection of stops, allowing for a wide variety of sound combinations. The MIDI connection enables you to connect different instruments, expanding your musical possibilities. With the digital cathedral effect, you can add depth and resonance to your sound. The capture system allows you to store and recall six custom registration combinations, providing instant access to your favorite settings.

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