Truly Portable Hauptwerk Rig
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:54 am
I am intrigued by the possibilities of using Hauptwerk as a portable performance/demonstration system.
This latest find (although certainly not to AGO specs) suggests there may be some workable options out there: http://www.foldingorgan.com/index.html. The JG3 apparently has programmable buttons and sliders that could be used for controlling Hauptwerk functions (especially given how flexible Hauptwerk is for assigning midi data to various functions). And the price ($1,200 USD plus shipping; $1,250 with the carry bag) really isn't that bad considering it uses Fatar keyboards and offers various key style (waterfall or piano) and weighting (semi or organ) options.
Now if there were only available a truly portable (i.e. foldable), reasonably lightweight and priced AGO-style pedalboard that would be suitable for performing organ literature. If anyone knows of such a thing, I would surely like to hear about it.
This latest find (although certainly not to AGO specs) suggests there may be some workable options out there: http://www.foldingorgan.com/index.html. The JG3 apparently has programmable buttons and sliders that could be used for controlling Hauptwerk functions (especially given how flexible Hauptwerk is for assigning midi data to various functions). And the price ($1,200 USD plus shipping; $1,250 with the carry bag) really isn't that bad considering it uses Fatar keyboards and offers various key style (waterfall or piano) and weighting (semi or organ) options.
Now if there were only available a truly portable (i.e. foldable), reasonably lightweight and priced AGO-style pedalboard that would be suitable for performing organ literature. If anyone knows of such a thing, I would surely like to hear about it.