Hi and congratulations! Keep the speakers that are with it, if they are functional. Even if the cones are decaying, they can be replaced by Allen for less than the cost of new speakers. You will not be able to run it directly through your home stereo or smaller speakers; the amps are sending a pretty powerful output designed to drive speakers of that sort and trying to tap them to go through something smaller will blow up the speaker.

You CAN turn the overall volume down to a whisper, if you want, and make the same organ much louder or softer than it was in the church, simply by adjusting the amplifiers. You can pop the back off easily enough, by opening the lid and undoing the little clamps that hold it against the frame of the console. The amps are lying on the bottom, on the floor, and there will be knobs that should say Gain or Volume. Those will drop or raise the volume of that channel; play with those until you get what you want. If possible, put the speakers as far away as possible, even in another room, and point them at a wall to diffuse some of the typical digital harshness.

It is also possible, if the model doesn’t already have a headphone jack built in (most big Allens for church use didn’t have one in past decades) to rig it up for use with headphones. This will require maybe $75 in parts, plus however much you want to pay for good ‘phones. I can walk you through this if you PM me.

When I was 16 and homeschooled and often bored, I picked up an 80s Allen for home use and was very happy learning my rep and tinkering with it to make it sound as good as possible. If you maintain it well, it’ll never die (which is unfortunate, considering the 60s analog Allen TC1 that I still goad along weekly at the high school mass).

Also check out organforum.com; there are a lot of Allen techs and owners who hang out there and many old threads that can point you in good directions.

Thanks all! It’s a smaller two manual, believe it was made in the 70’s. I doubt it has a headphone jack. I wonder if one could somehow be installed? Hmm.

On a humorous note

Cathedrals have organs.
Rip out the drywall ceiling.

I doubt it has a headphone jack. I wonder if one could somehow be installed?

Yes it is possible, as Gamba noted. (Whenever there is an audio signal being carried on a wire, it is possible to tap it and create a headphone jack.) Gamba is obviously familiar with the details of how to do it on this particular organ, so I'd use that resource if I were you, as it has been offered...

@eft94530: if we weren’t selling this house next year I might give that a try LOL

Not sure if I’ll have enough room, I need to take several measurements in the next few days. I am concerned enough about just getting the console in the front door. I left a message with the pastor and told him I’ll need to come to the church and measure everything. There’s way too much drama at work right now to even discuss it, so the organ either comes home or goes who knows where :-(. It’s a larger “church sized” console, not exactly compact like the home models, but not exceedingly large like the Rodgers at my previous job. Ugggh I sure hope this works out.

getting the console in the front door

If you have a few pvc sprinkler pipes and tee connectors
then you can create a footprint and walk from curb to destination
to simulate the task.

Might a dolly travel from curb thru gate into backyard
to a sliding glass door which might be wider?
Dont know which is easier,
removing front door from hinges or
remove sliding door from track.

When I last moved my Rodgers, I removed the music rack and pedalboard, stood the console on its end on a furniture dolly, and wheeled it through the door. Worked like a charm.