Grenzing Organ from Geneva                      

Grenzing Organ from Geneva
                                                                                     History
Geneva (Geneve, Genf) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zurich) and the most populous city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, Romandia. Located on Lake Geneva, the Rhone is the capital of the Republic and the canton of Geneva. The population is nearly 200,000. 

Les Eaux-Vives is one of Geneva's largest districts and occupies the final part of the left bank of Lake Geneva before the Rhone empties downstream. 
The famous Jet d'Eau is located in Eaux-Vives The Protestant church of Eaux-Vives was built in 1842 by the architect Jacques-Louis Staple. Neo-Gothic style, with stained glass by glass painters Jacques Wasem and John Graz. This place of worship underwent two restorations in 1950 and then in 1992. 

The church organ was built in 2001 by Gerhard Grenzing, a famous German organ builder who lives in Barcelona. This is a typical North German Baroque organ. 

Recorded by Alain Grandchamp. Although this recording was made with great care and high quality hardware, heavy noise filtering had to be applied due to a lot of external noise and the surrounding night traffic. A cricket that kept chirping was also a problem. So this sample set was a challenge. Augustine's VO undertook the task of completing this thankless recording and producing the sample set. 

Special thanks to Gérard Lefranc and Dominique Dantand. They continuously supported my work and provided effective help in all phases of the preparation of the sample set. The artistic audio demos were created by Dominique Dantand and István Nagy.



Sample quality 

The sample sets are available in wave format 48kHz/24bit, stereo, multiple loops (1-14) and multiple releases (3 levels). Equal, a=440 Hz

The sample sets are made in two forms. 

a. The original stereo mix 'semidry'. The reverb is 1-1.5 s, reflects the original acoustics of the church. 

b. The 4-channel version made with a 4 s artificial reverb and wet/dry ratio can be controlled.

Hauptwerk v4.2 or v5-9 supported for the Organ Definition Files.

Keyboards, Pedal 

The compass of the manuals of the original version are 56 keys, the extended version are 58 keys.

The compass of the pedal of the original version are is 30 keys, the extended version are 32 keys.


Normal Hauptwerk installation (described in the HW manual) is all that is necessary if stop control is by mouse or touchscreen. However, an extra installation step is required to allow MIDI control of the virtual stops from an organ console with real stop-knobs or stop-tabs. It will also be necessary if using an external MIDI sequencer to control the organ. 

 A brief guide on doing this can be downloaded here. Special thanks to Adrian Wheal, who made this the manual.

RAM requirements (GB)

stereo

surround

 

16 bit

24 bit

16 bit

24 bit

Grenzing Geneva

5

8

10

17
The values given are for reference only and depend on the operating system of the computer and the utilities used. 
Specifications  

Pedal  (original 30, virtual 32 keys)

Soubbasse 16', Octave 8', Octave 4', Choralbass 4'

Posaune 16', Trompette 8' 

Great (original 56, virtual 58 keys)

Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Bourdon 8', Gambe 8'

Oktave 4' Flute conique 4', Nasard 2 2/3'

Octave 2', Tieerce 1 3/5', Mixture 4f

Cornet 3f (from C and from C#)

Trompette 8'

Positiv (original 56, virtual 58 keys)

Quintaton 8', Flute a chem. 8', Principal 4',  Flute 4'

Flute 2', Sesquialtera 2f , Scharf 3f

Vox humana 8'

Couplers:

P+I, P+II, I+II bass, I+II discant

Tremulant:

original: II

extended: + I
Screenshots
PicturesProtestant church of Eaux-Vives and the Grenzing Organ
Audio demos
Playing Domonique Dantand, Norberto Broginni, Andrew Lecky, Nagy István,  and 'Legrand'

Download/Order
The Grenzing sample set is released as a shareware virtual instrument. 
You can download this from the website of the owner of the sample, AOEV.
If you use the pattern often, please support AOEV's activities.
Within 48 hours the "Association de l’Orgue virtuels des Eaux-Vives" will send you the download link and detailed information on the condition of uses. The downloaded sample can be used for an unlimited period without restrictions, but if you like the sample set please make a donation to the AOEV in the suggested amount of € 65