A Brief History of The Royal Reed Organ

The Royal Reed Organ for NI Kontakt 5 is Precisionsounds’ flagship harmonium library.

The instrument source is a 400-pound suction air harmonium from the 1920s. It was made by the piano and reed organ company Östlind & Almquist (1888-1962), a purveyor to the Swedish royal court.

This harmonium features a whole range of high quality voices, from the low end 16’ Sub basses, all the way up to the 2’ Piccolo. The list of stops is impressive, and enables a great variety of timbres. Every stop has dedicated controls for on/off, volume, and fine tuning.

The keyboard is divided into two areas, with stops to control the voices on either side of the split. The developer’s goal was to be true to the original design, but also to extend its features in the digital realm.

In our version, you can precisely set the effect of the air pump on the sound, and shape the timbre of the registers using your modulation wheel and aftertouch.

This sample library ships with 40 presets that vary in character and complexity. Whether you’re into songwriting, traditional folk music, classical, sacred or experimental music, we hope these presets will give you a really good start with the library.