Eminent BV
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Eminent digital organs is a brand of
The principal sound generation technique used by Eminent is Additive synthesis. Modelling the sound is done by a professional organ "voicer", who finishes the organ in its location, much like the process of regulating and voicing a pipe organ.
There are distributors in United Kingdom, Germany, Nigeria, United States, Canada, Sweden, France and Czech Republic.
History
It begins in 1923 when Jacob Vreeken (1899–1976) made an original organ with commercial electronic material. At the time, this organ was based on analog technology. In 1959 the company introduced its first electronic organ, the "Eminent 60", based on the work of Johannes Versteegt (1928–2011). In 1970 the "Eminent Solina" trademark came from production of Swiss organs by Eminent under license of the Swiss company Research Solina AG. In 1974 the
Notable users
An Eminent 310 organ was prominently featured on
Notes
- ^ a b Reid, Gordon (May 2007). "Eminent 310 String Synthesizer". Sound on Sound.
External links
- Official website
- Eminent UK
- Eminent Germany
- Sanus Organs (Nigeria) Archived 2016-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
- AOB Organ Consultants (USA)
- Eminent Classical Organs (Canada) Archived 2017-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Acetone Import AB (Sweden)
- Orgues Seyler Lenglet (France)
- Josef Pešava (Czech Republic)