Installation -- When the organ
arrives at the installation site, a specially selected group of Reuter
employees, often with some help from volunteers on site, unload and reassemble
the instrument in its new home. Although the pipes of each instrument
have received critical initial voicing while at the shop, the ultimate
success of the organ lies in the hands of the tonal finishers, who make
final adjustments to each and every pipe for optimum effect in the acoustical
environment of the installation site. In many ways, organ stops resemble
the instruments in an orchestra, each capable of independent speech,
but all requiring the artistic skills of a conductor to blend them into
a truly musical ensemble. Tonal finishing is completed under the direction
of Reuter executives William Klimas, Artistic Director, and JR Neutel,
President.