Whether
newly commissioned, significantly rebuilt, or meticulously restored,
every Schantz project is a unique pipe organ crafted to serve the
special musical requirements it is called upon to fulfill. Painstaking
attention to detail in all aspects of the design, physical layout,
tonal composition, construction, restoration, installation, and tonal
finishing ensure that every instrument meets our exacting standards.
As a musical instrument, a pipe organ from the Schantz workshop must
possess the power and character to thrill and inspire. This can only
be accomplished through careful scaling and pipe making, followed by
meticulous voicing and tonal finishing, tailoring each instrument to
its unique environment. When completed, the instrument is capable of
serving in its myriad roles - accompanying instruments and voices, as
well as successfully rendering a broad cross section of the literature
written for the "King of Instruments."
Musical tone, however, is not enough to produce a successful pipe organ.
The mechanism of the organ must be unfailing. Each component of the organ's
mechanism – whether new, rebuilt, or restored - undergoes rigorous
testing before it is installed in the instrument. The physical layout
of the organ is accomplished with concern for the accessibility to the
instrument for regular tuning and maintenance.
Our firm prides itself on providing clients with turn-key pipe organ
solutions. All aspects of every project are seamlessly combined by means
of in-house control, providing the security of knowing where each component
is produced, and from whom each service is provided.
Undergirding, this commitment is our ten-year warranty - covering all
material and labor (with the exception of electrical components warranted
individually by their respective manufacturers). The unique feature of
this industry-leading guarantee, is our return trip policy - providing
two (2) return visits to each project within the first two years of service,
thereby assuring that each project continues to live up to our exacting
musical and mechanical standards.
Schantz pipe organs, unabashedly American, do not copy the style or emulate
one particular period or national school of organ building; nor are we
slave to fad or current fashion. Rather, we are informed by the various
styles, periods, and schools - as our goal is always to build pipe organs
of the highest musical integrity and mechanical reliability - qualities
that never go out of style.
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