From the heart of Europe to the hearts of organists worldwide, the Johannus American Classic stands majestically as the ultimate instrument for any player in virtually any situation. Churches and concert halls around the world continue to look to Johannus for musical support and inspiration through world class sound quality, unmatched console construction, technological innovation and leadership.
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The American Classic 770 is one of the newest crown jewels in the Johannus family. Draped in a console fit for a king, this majestic organ is adorned with seven divisions, graced with an astonishing number of voices and enriched with such a full range of orchestrals that the unique 64-foot Diaphone seems merely an encore. Have a seat and meet the king of instruments.
The uncompromising American Classic 770 from Johannus checks off every item on the American organist’s wish list. This instrument is suited to the whole range of organ music. Concerts, practice and vocal accompaniment: they all go hand-in-hand with the American Classic 770.
Truly appreciate the prestige emanating from this organ, which was designed for churches, cathedrals and concert halls, as you take your place on the bench in front of the instrument and take in the view from left to right.
The robust, wooden cabinet is solid and impressive. Its craftsmanship and quality are unmistakable. It takes a while to count all 99 voices on the panel. But you count them again anyway. Are there really that many? You glance back to the resources of the pedal division. Does it really have a 64-foot Diaphone? You continue your survey and notice that it also has seven orchestral voices, plus at least 40 MIDI voices! That’s right: the clarinet, the tuba- the whole orchestra is inside your organ. But there is more: would you like to perform a trumpet tune with a baroque trumpet? Or accompany vocals with a pan flute? A festive improvisation with hand bells? The American Classic 770 has it all.
The three manuals of the American Classic 770 lay before you. You had already noticed the seven different divisions, but now you’ve grown curious about the fabulous audio system hidden behind them. Building an imposing instrument is one thing, but bringing out the imposing sound of a good pipe organ is quite another.
Carefully, you set your registration and take a deep breath, wondering if this majestic organ can make it all happen. And then it does! The imposing sound of a fine organ emerges from the organ’s 76 speaker drivers. You are enraptured by your own music. 28 perfectly balanced external speaker cabinets ensure that even the sweetest flutes mix harmoniously with the deepest-bellowing pedal tones. And the attack! What you hear is not a simulation, but rather the pure speech of pipes.
You could switch from one organ to another to experience different styles, or you could just stay seated at this one. The American Classic 770 has three different organ styles, romantic, symphonic and baroque; and in each style you can choose from one of four different variations. So with the American Classic 770, you have twelve different organs at your fingertips.
The American Classic 770 operates just like a conventional pipe organ. Without having to study a complicated user manual, you can use the built-in capture system to easily change the preprogrammed registration. Make full use of the resources provided by 111 ranks of sampled pipes. Let the Sifflet frolic in the choir, give the Sesquialtera a melody of pure silver, and don’t forget to unleash the powerful 32’ Subbass to roll through the church. Bask in the nuanced sounds of a pipe organ recreated by LiveTune technology.
The last chord is approaching; just four more measures, then three, then two, then it’s there. You hold the last chord and then release. The reverb, which gracefully enhanced the sound throughout the performance, once again rolls through the hall. But was that a concert hall, a great cathedral, or an intimate chapel? With the ASR-12 reverb system, you can choose between twelve unique rooms.
Based on the revolutionary T9000 system developed by Johannus, the American Classic 770 is certainly a full-fledged church organ, but it is also much more than that. The American Classic 770 is the absolute realization of the American musical dream. Congratulations. You have met the king of instruments.
Overview:
System | T9000 |
Manuals | 3 + 1 floating |
Divisions | 7 |
Voices | 92 |
Orchestral voices | 7 |
Classic Sound Module voices | 40 |
Ranks | 104 |
Couplers (unison, 16', 8', 4') | 26 |
Tremulants | 4 |
Console:
American Classic with arches and mouldings | • |
Wooden drawknobs | optional |
Height (excluding music desk) | 52 in (132 cm) |
Height (including music desk) | 57 in (145 cm) |
Width | 76 in (193 cm) |
Depth (excluding pedal board) | 36 in (90 cm) |
Depht (including pedal board) | 54 in (136 cm) |
8 standard finishes on oak | • |
Other kind of wood or color | optional |
Wooden desk | • |
Plexiglas desk | optional |
Illuminated desk | optional |
Synthetic keyboards (5 octaves) | • |
Synthetic keyboards with wooden core | optional |
Wooden keyboards (ebony/oak) with wooden core | optional |
Wooden swell shoes | 5 |
Rubber padded shoes with brass nameplates | optional |
Brass toe studs | 31 |
32-note AGO pedal board with dark upper keys | • |
32-note AGO pedal with plain upper keys | optional |
Illuminated pedal board | • |
Bench | • |
Adjustable bench | optional |
MIDI (IN, MOD-out, SEQ-out) | • |
Aux In | • |
Aux Out | • |
Audio
Audio system | 24.4 |
Audio control | DEA™ |
Reverb channels | 4.2 |
ASR-12 ™, 12 unique reverbs | • |
Full-range amplifiers (180 Watt) | 24 |
Bass amplifier (350 Watt) | 4 |
External loudspeakers | 24 x UL 2700 |
External subwoofers | 3 x UL 3300 + 1 x UL 5000 |
Antiphonal Choir | optional (4 x UL 2700 + 1 x UL 3300) |
Antiphonal Solo/Ethereal | optional (2 x UL 2700 + 1 x UL 3300) |
Aux Out | SSE™ |
Functions
Cancel | • |
Recall | • |
Melody Couplers | 2 |
Chorus | • |
Crescendo | 2 |
Fix Accessories | • |
Keyboard Transfer | • |
Manual Bass | • |
Johannus Menu | • |
Sequence | • |
General Swell | • |
Pipes On / Ancillary On | • |
Reeds Off | • |
Transposer | • |
Zimbelstern piston and toe stud | • |
Sample styles |
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Variations per style | 4 |
Levels | 250 |
General memory locations per level | 8 |
Divisional memory locations per level | 8 |
Presets (programmable) | T1 + T2 |
Classic Sound Module | • |
Organ volume | • |
Temperaments (incl. 1 custom programmable) | 12 |
Tuning (pitch) | • |
Divisional swell pedals | 4 |
General Crescendo | 1 |
Bellows simulator | • |
LiveTune™ | • |
Dynamic chiff | • |
All organ voices C-C# | • |
• = standard - = not available
Open Wood | 32' |
Contra Subbass | 32' |
Contra Violin | 32' |
Diapason | 16' |
Subbass | 16' |
Echo Bourdon (CH) | 16' |
Violon (SW) | 16' |
Octave | 8' |
Gedackt | 8' |
Violon | 8' |
Choralbass | 4' |
Flute | 4' |
Rauschpfeife | III |
Diaphone | 64' |
Contra Bombarde | 32' |
Contra Trumpet | 16' |
Basson | 16' |
Trumpet | 8' |
State Trumpet | 8' |
Clarion | 4' |
Pedal Unison Off | |
Pedal - Pedal | 4' |
Great - Pedal | 8' |
Swell - Pedal | 8' |
Choir - Pedal | 8' |
Solo/Eth. - Pedal | 8' |
Montre | 16' |
Open Diapason | 8' |
Principal | 8' |
Stopped Flute | 8' |
Flauto Dolce | 8' |
Flauto Dolce Celeste | 8' |
Gemshorn | 8' |
Octave | 4' |
Open Flute | 4' |
Twelfth | 2 2/3' |
Fifteenth | 2' |
Flute | 2' |
Fourniture | IV |
Scharff | III |
Terzian | II |
Contra Trunpet | 16' |
State Trumpet | 8' |
Trumpet | 8' |
Klarine | 4' |
Tremulant | |
Chimes | |
Great Unison Off | |
Great - Great | 4' |
Swell - Great | 16' |
Swell - Great | 8' |
Swell - Great | 4' |
Choir - Great | 16' |
Choir - Great | 8' |
Choir - Great | 4' |
Solo/Eth. - Great | 8' |
Bourdon | 16' |
Principal | 8' |
Geigen Principal | 8' |
Rohrflute | 8' |
Viola di Gamba | 8' |
Vox Celeste | 8' |
Octave | 4' |
Geigen Principal | 4' |
Koppelflute | 4' |
Viola | 4' |
Flute Twelfth | 2 2/3' |
Octave | 2' |
Waldflute | 2' |
Tierce | 1 3/5' |
Plein Jeu | IV |
Fagotto | 16' |
State Trumpet | 8' |
Trumpette | 8' |
Oboe | 8' |
Vox Humana | 8' |
Clarion | 4' |
Tremulant | |
Swell - Swell | 16' |
Swell Unison Off | |
Swell - Swell | 4' |
Solo/Eth. - Swell | 8' |
Spitz Principal | 8' |
Bourdon | 8' |
Unda Maris | 8' |
Erzähler | 8' |
Erzähler Celeste | 8' |
Octave | 4' |
Flute | 4' |
Salicional | 4' |
Nazard | 2 2/3' |
Principal | 2' |
Piccolo | 2' |
Superquint | 1 1/3' |
Sifflute | 1' |
Sesquialtera | II |
Cymbel | III |
State Trumpet | 8' |
Echo Trumpet | 8' |
Regal | 8' |
Krummhorn | 8' |
Rohr Schalmey | 4' |
Tremulant | |
Choir - Choir | 16' |
Choir Unison Off | |
Choir - Choir | 4' |
Swell - Choir | 16' |
Swell - Choir | 8' |
Swell - Choir | 4' |
Solo/Eth. - Choir | 8' |
Flute | |
Piccolo | |
Recorder | |
Panflute | |
Horn | |
English Horn | |
Cello | |
Violin | |
Orchestral strings | |
Warm strings | |
Bright strings | |
Bell strings | |
Harp | |
Harpsichord | |
Timpani | |
Chimes | |
Celesta 1 | |
Celesta 2 | |
Woodharp | |
Handbells | |
Chrysoglott | |
Carillon | |
Choir 1 | |
Choir 2 | |
Harmonic Flute | 8' |
Flute Celeste | 8' |
Viola Celeste | 8' |
English Horn | 8' |
Clarinet | 8' |
Ranket | 8' |
Tuba | 8' |
Chamade | 8' |
Terzian | II |
Sesquialtera | II |
Cantus Firmus | II-IV |
Reed Organ | |
Gospel Organ 1 | |
Gospel Organ 2 | |
Tibia Organ | |
Tracker Action |
Chorus | |
All Swells To Swell | |
Fix Accessories | |
Manual Bass | |
Melody Coupler On Swell | |
Melody Coupler On Choir | |
MIDI Pedal A | |
MIDI Pedal B | |
MIDI Swell A | |
MIDI Swell B | |
MIDI Great A | |
MIDI Great B | |
MIDI Choir A | |
MIDI Choir B | |
Choir Antiphonal | |
Solo/Eth. Antiphonal |
Bombarde Harmonique | 16' |
Trompette Harmonique | 8' |
Clairon Harmonique | 4' |
Corno di Bassetto | 8' |
French Horn | 8' |
Tuba Major | 8' |
Clarinet | |
Oboe | |
Viola | |
Bach Trumpet | |
Trombone | |
Tuba |
Flauto Mirabilis | 8' |
Aeoline Celeste II | 8' |
Vox Angelicus | 8' |
Flute Traverse | 4' |
Cor Anglais | 8' |
Tremulant |