New sample set by Sweelinq: Cavaillé-Coll in PHIL Haarlem

This pipe organ was originally intended for the Palais de l'Industrie in Paris. Instead, it was installed in the Paleis voor Volksvlijt in Amsterdam. It was later moved to the PHIL in Haarlem, where it now has a prominent place in the Grote Zaal.

From Amsterdam to Haarlem
The organ was installed in the Paleis voor Volksvlijt in 1875, after which it served as a concert organ. After the opening of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, however, the organ fell into disrepair as the Paleis voor Volksvlijt lost popularity. In 1922, Louis Robert, the city organist of Haarlem, arranged for the organ to be transferred to the PHIL, also known as the Concertgebouw Haarlem, where it has a prominent place in the Grote Zaal today.

Choose your own acoustics
Due to its original purpose, this organ was intended for a large hall in the Palais de l'Industrie. Here, the reverberation was estimated to last around 5 to 6 seconds. The hall of the Concertgebouw in Haarlem accounts for a reverberation of around 2 seconds. Although the organ is also sampled like this now, with the pure and dry acoustics, you can also select the originally intended acoustics. This makes it possible to play this organ in the PHIL as well as in the Palais de l'Industrie.

Update Sweelinq 2.3
Before you can play with this sampleset, it is important to update Sweelinq to version 2.3(.2). This can be done in the software itself: go to Menu > General > Application update and click ‘Install’.