R.M. Ballantyne Pipe Organs 7085 Skyview Road Riverside, California  92509 Phone: 951-283-1245 Fax:     951-361-0076 E-mail:rmballantyne@charter.net

Tonal Finishing or Voicing

Voicing is the process by which organ pipes are made to sound a musical note. Tonal finishing involves the final regulating of the sounds of the pipes after the organ is installed. The process requires two people: one to listen critically from the console for pipes that need to be adjusted and another working inside the organ to change the volume, speech or tonal characteristics of the pipes as needed. The latter person could be called the "finish voicer."

We employ the Services of D. Steuart Goodwin as voicer; noted for his work on both the Mormon Tabernacle Organ by Aeolian Skinner, and the new adjacent LDS Conference Center organ built by Schoenstein.

We also employ the services of Wendell Ballantyne who sits at the console of the organ.

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Revised: January 04, 2011.