The Elbertse/Adema organ
from
the Laurentius & Elisabeth Kathedraal in Rotterdam

€ 459,-

December 2017 we have recorded for Hauptwerk the main organ of the Laurentius & Elisabeth Cathedral situated Mathenesserlaan 305 in Rotterdam.
The organbuilder Elbertse of Aalten built a pneumatic organ with 30 stops on two manuals an pedal in 1923. The pipe facade was designed by the church's archtect P.G. Buskens.
An extensive transformation took place in 1997/98, executed by the organbuilders Adema Schreurs from Amsterdam with help from many parish volunteers.
The disposition of the Swell (now third manual) was reconstructed and a french Fagot 16' and Trompet harmonique 8' were added. The existing Hobo 8' was replaced by a french Hobo.
The pedal Open Fluit 4' was replaced by a Trombone made from pine-wood. The Bazuin 16' was extended with a subcontra-octave to provide the transmission of a Bazuin 32'. The largest 12 pipes of this stop are also made of pine-wood.
More extensive was the addition of the Positive (now second manual). Tree stops are completely new: the Klarinet, Engelse Hoorn and Viola 4'. All other pipework comes from the organbuilders stock. The preumatic system was electrified and the console completely rebuild. Originally placed on the left-hand side of the balcony, the console was moved to its present location, almost in front of the organ, in May 2003.

This sample set was recorded from three positions in stereo (24 bit 96kHz).
The set comes with a Sygsoft devised 3-channel technique whereby the user may set the listening position themselves.
There are 3 positions, namely :
1: Front, recorded very close to the organ. This provides a very direct recording that is useful for study purposes.
2: Centre (Middle), this recording was made at about 3 times the distance used in the front recording.
3: Rear, recorded far from the organ is used as surround.
Through three sliders (0-100%), a mix can be made of the three positions that is to your liking.
The 4th slider (with the caption "II") is the swellpedal of manual II. The 5th slider (with the caption "III") is de swellpedal of the Swell (man. III).

The recordings for this sample set were made in december 2017.
Recording quality 96 kHz, 24 bit. The set is reduced to 48 kHz 24 bit.
Number of microphones: 6.
Number of samples processed in this set: 37.733
Number of samples processed in this set: ca. 2.300.000

Johan van der Waal van Dijk:
Processing of the samples and technical advice.

Christian Boogaard:
Noise reduction, adjusting the wind model, intonation, demos, and artistic advice.

Rietje Raatgeep:
Administration and PR.

Fred de Jong:
Layout, additional control samples, loops ,ODF and overall management.

Important: Download the latest licensing packages file https://www.hauptwerk.com/licensingpackages/
Start Hauptwerk V (or higher) and install this file via the menu File | Install Organ, Temperament, or Impulse Response Reverb... Hauptwerk will 'learn' which protected sets are currently on the market.

For users of Hauptwerk 5 or higher:

1. Make sure that Hauptwerk is not loaded.
2. Open your iLok account and choose Licenses/Redeem Activation code and cut and paste the many-digit code into the screen.
3. Activate your license to iLok Cloud or to the iLok dongle. In the latter case: then place the dongle on the Hauptwerk PC.
   It appears that this rule is not clear to everyone:
   • 3a: Go to your iLok account (log in if necessary) and select the sample set for which you want to enter the activation code.
   • 3b: At the top right of the iLok screen is a gray/green check mark.
     If you go over this with the mouse you will see the text "Activate licenses".
     Click on this check mark and you will see a new screen.
   • 3c: Click on Activate and Ok. Now the checkmark in the previous screen turns green.
   • 3d: Now double-click on the line you are working on and the screen that opens must show "License status active" on the top line.
   • 3e: If necessary, repeat the above for the eventualy other newly purchased organs.
4. Restart Hauptwerk and you can install and use the organ.

Before download and install, note the following:

1. Download all .CompPkg.Hauptwerk files.
2. Load these files in the same folder and
3. Do not change the file names and
4. Do not unpack by hand.
5. Check the MD5 checksums with the WinMD5 program, free to download from
   http://www.winmd5.com or http://www.fastsum.com
   If a checksum is incorrect, throw the wrong download file away from the PC and download that file again.
6. Start Hauptwerk (File/Install organ....), selecteer in de map waarin u de bestanden zojuist hebt gedownload,
   het bestand met extensie .CompPkg_Hauptwerk_rar in Hauptwerk's component installer.
   Hauptwerk automatically finds the other files.
7. If you get error messages, scroll to the end of the log file (this opens automatically if something goes wrong when unpacking) to see what goes wrong.
   Usually a file is missing, or there is a file in the wrong folder or a file is damaged.
8. Before loading the organ, first have a look at the system information regarding the expected memory usage etc.

Note: Please contact us via the Contact form if you encounter any issues; we will try to assist you.