Allen - 324 Lyn Larsen model

I was told by several people at Allen that that a LL-324 had been purchased by someone near me. I contacted the owner, Bob Van Zweden, who invited me to try it out. He was nice enough to leave me alone with it. After about an hour I got used to the instrument and possible registrations. I found it interesting that the solo manual had no 16' stops but had a base coupler and I since have been told that that is fairly usual with modern theatre organs. The experience was pretty good. I even made some recordings of my playing (many mistakes.) I tried some traditional ballads and a couple of novelty numbers. I really liked the piano sound. The instrument had not yet been voiced and it needed it! It has 6 speakers and the owner preferred to have the sound come all from one spot so he has mixed up the speakers so there is no separation between the two tibias, voxes, etc. He said I could come back again. I would love to try the instrument again when it is voiced. The whole experience made me look forward to the purchase of my Q-311sp...not soon enough!