A selection of our systems at work

Washington National Cathedral

This monumental project will restore the historic organ, keeping the best pipework and improving the tonal egress from the triforium. The 153-rank instrument will feature three consoles: a stationary console and a mobile console in the cathedral, and a practice console in the basement playing a replica of the cathedral organ provided by the Walker Technical Company, and currently being used in the cathedral while the organ is being restored. The SSOS CFM piston capture system will be shared by all three consoles, allowing organists to prepare on the practice console and move seamlessly to either of the cathedral consoles. This system includes a custom-designed SSOS-Walker interface. Work is due to be completed in 2028.

  • Foley-Baker Inc.
  • St Helen, Wheathamsted

    FH Browne and Sons Ltd of Kent, UK used Solid State Organ Systems’ MultiSystem II in the overhaul and re-electrification of the modest Hill, Norman and Beard organ at St. Helen’s Wheathampsted, UK. A Capture for MultiSystem with 20 levels was installed. The CFM may be easily upgraded to more memory levels and features in the future.

  • F H Browne and Sons
  • Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City

    Glatter-Götz Organ Builders have collaborated with Manuel Rosales and SSOS to create two magnificent new organs working together as one instrument. The combined 113 independent stops, 137 ranks and 8,048 pipes are controlled from two large new consoles, a terraced electric-action console at ground level, and a combined mechanical and electric-action console in the gallery. Sharing a single SSOS CFM capture system, piston combinations are shared and immediately available at both consoles. The SSOS record/playback system (RFM) will allow organists to listen from a distance away from the consoles, and our tuning system (TFM) enables both organs to be tuned by one technician without a console assistant. The Pedal Divide can be set to a variable divide point saved onto General pistons, and sostenutos can be either substitutive or additive. New SSOS low-profile expression and crescendo bargraphs are fitted to both consoles.

  • Glatter-Götz
  • Kings College Chapel

    Our firm has supplied systems for King’s College since 1973. Recently the MultiLevel Capture was upgraded to 512 general levels and 16 divisional levels with custom displays. When the organ was refurbished by Harrison and Harrison in 2016 a new MultiSystem II was installed which includes Pedal Divide with selectable divide points. DirectConnect is installed for slider solenoid control.

  • Harrison and Harrison
  • St Pauls Chapel, New York

    Noack Organ Company – St. Paul’s Chapel, New York City

    Originally built for the Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, this beautiful instrument was purchased by Trinity Church and installed in St. Paul’s Chapel in 2018, behind the 1802 John Gibb case. The original builders, Noack Organ Company, took the opportunity to add several enhancements: a new Great Principal, a Pedal Violone, an SSOS MultiSystem II powering pull-down magnets for electric Swell to Pedal coupling, and an SSOS CFMII for the piston combination action.

  • The Noack Organ Company, Inc.
  • Letourneau The Village at Orchard Ridge Organ

    Orgues Létourneau - The Village at Orchard Ridge

    This mechanical action organ required a stand-alone piston system. The CapLite was a perfect fit with 100 levels of memory and piston sequencer. CapLite’s compact size and easy installation are additional attractive features.

  • Orgues Létourneau
  • Mander - St Paul's Cathedral

    Our brief was to control the large pipe organ spread across various locations in the cathedral plus two large, duplicate five manual consoles with a shared 50,000 levels of memory. The piston memories are divided in ten independent Libraries, each with 5,000 levels. The organ has seven MultiSystem II locations with the most distant connected with fibre optic cable. To guarantee no down time, Krone Termination Blocks were used during installation to make speedy transition from the old control system to MultiSystem II.

  • Mander Organs
  • Merton College Oxford

    Dobson Pipe Organ Builders – Merton College, Oxford

    Dobson’s first instrument in the UK was completed for the 750th anniversary celebrations of Merton College. The organ consists of 44 ranks over three manuals and pedals and encourages the performance of a wide repertoire of music. The key action is mechanical, but the electric stop action and piston capture is controlled by an SSOS Mucap M3 with 256 General memory levels and 16 Divisional memory levels. The stop sliders themselves are powered by SSOS DirectConnect.

  • Dobson Organbuilders
  • St Joseph Penfield

    Ortloff Organ’s first new organ uses a two location MultiSystem II for transmission and MIDI and a CFM II with 300 levels of memory. Our high spec linear fader is used for the Swell expression pedal instead of a traditional swell roller. The CFM has custom displays and piston sequencer. Memory level Up/Down is controlled by pistons rather than or standard control panel.

  • Ortloff Organ Company
  • 2nd Presbyterian Church, Chatanooga

    This is a major rebuild of an existing instrument which Barger and Nix have serviced for many years. The rebuild included new control systems consisting of MultiSystem II, CFM II, IntelliKey and IntelliPedal, Recorder for MultiSystem and Organ Palette. The console was built in Barger and Nix's shop along with a matching music storage cabinet with integrated lighting.

  • Barger and Nix Organs
  • Kimmel Center Dobson

    The main organ is mechanical action with the addition of an electric console on the stage. A MultiSystem with integrated CFM capture system allows the organist to set pistons on the attached console during practice that are immediately available on the stage console. The addition of Organist Palette with MultiSystem II in 2016 gives the organists virtually unlimited memory divided up into secure libraries, one for each performer.

  • Dobson Organbuilders