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By inviting all music lovers to participate in the building of this
instrument by becoming members or sponsors of the Variable structure
Organ manufacturing Society (VSO ), a non-profit organization.
The object of the Society is:
“To promote and intensify artistic- and musical-oriented actions in
the field of organ music, in particular by taking part in the
manufacture of a new type of instrument, called 'Variable Structure
Organ' or 'Jean Guillou’s Organ'; which organ - whose general
design, technical characteristics, sound level (comparable to that of
a traditional organ), or mobile structure were developed by the famous
organist Jean Guillou - is itself likely to revive today’s musical world.”
Abstract:
The organ, ever since it was invented in the 3rd century B.C., has
surely been the instrument that has benefited from the most numerous
technical and aesthetic innovations: sizes, choice of timbres, modes
of transmission, the distribution of pipes, the presence or not
of an organ-case have evolved along with idioms, musical
tastes, technical requirements, the choice of materials, the lay
out...
Now, whereas the classical, then the romantic and eventually
the symphonic organs are well known, oddly enough, there exist but
very few instruments that could be called 20th century organs despite
the technical means at our disposal nowadays.
Jean Guillou: The Organ, retrospect, prospect
Could it hence be legitimate, in this day and age, to spend millions
to maintain or build in the traditional way instruments that have
dwindling audiences?
 If
the pipe-organ is to develop, it must meet two requirements:
- have the same qualities as a great organ built according to
the traditional know-how.
- Conform to a new aesthetics, in particular through its mobility
and its ability to be installed anywhere.
The
Society for the Manufacture of the Variable Structure Organ has
entrusted ORGELBAU KLAIS BONN, the famous German organ-builder,
and Jean Guillou with the task of building this new organ.
The final
plans have been completed to the smallest detail. The technical
feasibility of the project has been studied and successfully tested.
FOUNDING MEMBERS
President: José BELIN
Vice-President: Patrick ROUBY
Secretary General and Treasurer: Yves MAUSEN
Assistant secretary general: Anne-Marie GEORGES
Jean-Robert CAIN
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