Owen, George and I in 2004

Owen Jones - for 45 years of friendship, lunacy, for introducing me to popular organ playing and, most importantly, the genius of George Wright. Without Owen my first efforts at a VTPO would not have materialised. http://theatreorgans.com/owenjones/

John on one of his trips North to commission the combo action sitting on the "JA memorial bench"!

John Andrews - for friendship, extraordinary patience, and electronics expertise par excellence. John's natural intuition for circuits and how they work, and even how they will sound, is unique in my experience. Without John, I could not have at first expanded the original analogue instrument, or had any hope of comprehending what was to come next. An extraordinary electronics tutor.

Neil at the Cremorne Orpheum 3/13 + virtual ranks WurliTzer

Neil Jensen - for friendship, off the wall creativity (not the least being how to squeeze more useful stops into a 340 console than Rodgers ever imagined!) and his wonderful Connoisseur Hauptwerk sample sets. Neil had a vision of a world class VTPO offering, which, with the support of many friends (especially John Giacchi and Cameron Simpson), he has realised. http://keymediaproductions.com/

John Giacchi at the 4 manual Moller console which serves as the developmental workbench for the Connoisseur Series

John Giacchi and Cameron Simpson who, with their Kontakt engined 'Ginger' (another Rodgers 340) first lit the light in my head of what might be possible from a digitally sampled VTPO and for freely supplying me (along with Neil) with their early, but high quality samples. I am also indebted to John for his ongoing perfectionist approach to the fine settings of each of Neil Jensen's Connoisseur sample sets. Cam's generosity in technical support along with Owen ensured that my first Gigastudio VTPO got off the ground.

  George Wright - His musical genius is to blame for lighting a musical fire in my imagination

Tonal Resources (John Andrews) - 8 memory combination action including the creation of the eSAM board which makes lit pistons appear as SAMs to the combination action system.

Red Carlson, Rich Lewis & Mark Anderson - for their ingenious Artisan µMIDI control system and unmatched support. http://www.artisanorgans.com/

Simon Gledhill - for somehow finding the time to assist with my specification and always providing unbiased feedback of the highest order.

Martin Dyde - for the creation of Hauptwerk and absolutely incredible support. http://www.hauptwerk.com/

Betty & Bob Arndt - engraving, and lot's of re-engraving, and loverly stoptabs. http://www.arndtorgansupply.com/

Don Clark - for becoming caught up in the maelstrom of my imagination, but maintaining sanity and stability.

Jerrell Kautz - for his patience during my acquisition of the 5th last Rodgers 340 ever built and analogue expansion parts, and now for his freely supplied webserver space for this site. http://theatreorgans.com/

And, finally, but most importantly, my late wife, Audrey for her belief in me and her unwavering support of my VTPO madness!

© Ian McLean