Urgent advice required

[Guest]

my church in Nigeria is currently planning to buy an electronic organ but we are not sure which one will be suitable for our climate. Please I need your help

[myorgan]

M. Awosola,

Which church organ companies do you have available there? I'm sure an organ would need to be tropicalized in order to function properly in your climate. Please provide the company names, and we can help direct you from there. Also, let us know if your church is looking for a new or used organ (budget considerations), the church size, etc.

Welcome to the Forum!

Michael

[AllenAnalog]

The Allen Organ Company has shipped multiple organs to Nigeria. I've seen several of them on their Organ of the Week site. I am not sure what precautions they take in construction to accommodate the climate but they do have experience selling new instruments to that country. One might expect that they also have some contract arrangement for service in Africa as well.

[mlaird]

The Allen Organ Company has shipped multiple organs to Nigeria. I've seen several of them on their Organ of the Week site. I am not sure what precautions they take in construction to accommodate the climate but they do have experience selling new instruments to that country. One might expect that they also have some contract arrangement for service in Africa as well.

I can prove you're right :-). I remember seeing one as Allen's "Organ of the Week," and looked it up:
https://www.allenorgan.com/www/allen...OfTheWeek.html

That is quite a large instrument, and I'm sure they made sure it will work properly in Nigeria's climate. You should ask them about this and find out what they do to protect the instrument from deterioration.

[musicmaker84]

Living in a place with tropical heat and humidity, the humble Baldwin digital model my church has installed doesn't show any signs of tear and wear in the electronics department. We had an incident with termites once, but it was taken care of in time. I have no idea how old the organ is, but as long as I'm attending it has been there (15 years +).

I doubt it's specially constructed for hot climate.

[Dutchy]

I have no personal experience but this link is on the Johannus website, look here: https://www.johannus.com/en/news/mor...ity-flourishes

They also tell they have installed several organs in Nigeria, so maybe you van get some reference adresses from them. And, they say they have a showroom in Africa (since 2015?): Due to the growing interest in our organs on the African continent, a Johannus showroom will shortly be opening in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. The showroom will be combined with a music school where African organists can be trained on the spot.

[myorgan]

So, we've learned that Allen and Johannus have placed organs in Nigeria. I wonder if the OP knows of any other manufacturers currently selling to Nigeria. Both companies mentioned so far would make good choices.

Michael

[mlaird]

I remembered seeing a more impressive picture of the big 5m Allen that was installed in Nigeria last year, and Google found it for me:
https://www.allenorgan.com/www/insta...9x4MFxSawqG7OA

That's quite the living room!