: How to practice organ at home? Finding a real organ to practice can be cumbersome: it can be located quite far from your home and not always be available. Are there alternatives that allow one to practice at home (especially

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There is a man called jan veen in the Netherlands who made a churchorgan system which is very capable of replacing a real organ for a fraction of the money.

Youtube Jan Veen organ

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It'll depend on whether you need to play one octave pedals,straight, or more, radials. Some time ago, I used the pedalboard from an oldish Hammond two manual + 1 octave pedals, and re-wired them to make a separate pedal 'manual'. This was then MIDId through whatever synth I fancy, and works well. I guess you could find a two octave pedalboard if needed, and do the same. Got to say, it was a nice little project, and works well - there's also a Nanobass synth that fits with it, for a plethora of bass sounds.And a darn sight cheaper than those advertised...

Any synth or workstation will do the manual job for you, as they generally have the organ touch, so for not a lot, you could set yourself up with one/two manuals and the pedals below. And loads and loads of other sounds, apart from the inevitable (and gorgeous) Hammond sounds.

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I've seen organ pedalboards attached to a piano. Thank goodness we now have electric keyboards which can easily emulate a multi-manual organ and its pedals. If you want a 'RCO spec radiating & concave' pedalboard, it's going to cost you, I'm afraid. But for a real enthusiast, a full organ console with pedalboard is not THAT expensive. Here's Viscount Organs. You probably paid more for your car. And it's difficult to kill anyone with an organ. Get one instead!
viscountorgans.net/