A Dutchman鱿鱼视频app love of organs is transplanted to Canada
Klaas Bos, the founder and owner of the Classical Organ Centre in Norwich, Ont., first fell in love with the instrument in his native Holland.
鈥淲hen I was back in Holland, I immigrated (to Canada) in 1989, I got interested in organs. A lot of times, like on a Saturday afternoon, we鈥檇 go to an organ dealer and play a couple songs,鈥 Bos told The Catholic Register.
While there, he got to know an organ dealer who, being wheelchair bound, would ask Klaas to assist him with deliveries and in fixing small parts.
鈥淚 got acquainted with the organs, like the 鈥榞uts鈥 side of it,鈥 said Bos.
After moving to Canada, Bos wanted to get back in the organ business, and decided to start up a market for European-style organs.
鈥淚 bought myself a ticket, went back to Holland and met with seven of the dealers that I knew personally and I knew wouldn鈥檛 鈥榩ull the skin over my nose,鈥 鈥 laughs Bos.
So, in 1992, the Classical Organ Centre was born, with an emphasis on the Content brand of instruments 鈥 a make of pipe organ from the Netherlands that was not common in the Canadian market.
鈥淚t was not known here, so this was a big step for me to do,鈥 said Bos.
鈥淥bviously, trying to market something that people know is a lot easier than trying to market something that people don鈥檛 know about. But, I thought to myself: 鈥業鈥檓 going to stick to my guns.鈥 鈥
That attitude has paid off, as Classical Organ now exclusively sells the Content brand, a move Bos feels secures his company a certain niche in the organ industry.
鈥淭he capabilities that are in the Content organs, they go far beyond what any other organ in the industry can do at this moment, especially with the new Cantata series,鈥 said Bos. 鈥淓verything is totally adjustable.鈥
The Content brand, while digital, allows for a user-friendly set up that can be easily modified to suit the needs of the setting or player. The style of play can be adjusted to suit different voicing, such as a more European-style Baroque sound to a Romantic sound, from a symphonic pipe organ to a cathedral pipe organ.
Additionally, the Classical Organ Centre will also accommodate existing manual pipe organs by creating a hybrid instrument 鈥 the melding of some the original pipe work with an electric instrument so that both components can act together.
鈥淲e set it up for the customer 鈥 we ask them what do they like, where do they want to be. From there we follow up a bunch of times to see if that鱿鱼视频app exactly where they want it,鈥 said Bos.
鈥淔or all these extra features and options, the price doesn鈥檛 go up.鈥
From a performance standpoint, Bos also notes that the sheer adaptability of the Content organ can allow the player a multitude of different musical experiences that he may not have previously been able to have.
鈥淲hen I started, I was always a more Romantic-style player,鈥 said Bos. 鈥淣ow, because it鱿鱼视频app just a matter of hitting a button and you have a totally different organ, I鈥檓 getting more interested in Baroque music and symphonic music.
鈥淏ecause it鱿鱼视频app on here, I practise with it and see the value of the different organs.鈥
For more information go to www.classicalorgan.ca.