Clarity can provide the digital organ most suited for our clients needs from the Global Organ Group's brands; Makin, Rodgers, Johannus and Copeman Hart, as the group's exclusive New Zealand dealer. Creating custom designs from the brands ranges see organ dreams manufactured into playable reality.
Clarity’s digital organ services brings together Director Mark’s passion for the organ, as a renowned professional organ player and technician, with Clarity's reputed audio technology expertise. ​
You may have arrived at Clarity's website if you were looking for
​Keyboard Music Systems, digital organs. Most sadly KMS director Ralph Cullen passed away June 2024, our sympathies remain with his family and friends.
KMS is now closed for business, however long time work colleague and a friend of Ralph's, Mark Patterson, director of Clarity, has taken on the Global Organ Group dealership and can fully support all KMS existing and new customers.
Scroll down the page to know more about Mark, our organ expert. 

start your journey to your dream organ

Start your journey to your dream organ with us. ​Clarity walks alongside you every step of your new organ journey, from initial consultations focused on your needs, exploring organs, custom extras, possible demonstrations, free quotes, to installations, voicing and servicing. ​We can discuss Ricoh financing options. 
You can begin by calling us straight away with your ideas or questions, or you could take a look at the information on this site provided to help you explore organ options, think about custom requirements and audio accessories.

We hope you enjoy viewing this web page that proudly presents our organ brands collections and then visiting our other dedicated pages, detailing our installation services and houses of worship specialist services.​
See our Facebook page for national and international organ news, project stories, fun tech snippets and more. 

To get you started on your journey, we recommend watching this brief Global Organ Group film that shares information on the four organ brands we offer, as the exclusive Global Organ Group dealer for New Zealand. ​

the organ brands

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The Global Organ Group is the largest player in the digital organ world. Clarity is proud to offer all four of their renowned brands.

​Copeman Hart, dedicated to traditional English custom work in the digital organ world, Johannus, voicing the rich European musical tradition in both home and church organs, Makin, firmly in the English tradition with its church organs, and Rodgers, interpreting the typical American pipe organ sound.

Organ brands collections  


Here we provide basic information on all four brands. If viewing on a phone, scroll right to view each brand. We recommend visiting the brands' useful websites for detailed information, full brochures, more films. 
  • RODGERS
  • JOHANNUS
  • MAKIN
  • COPEMAN HART
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Since 1958, Rodgers has been committed to heightening the spiritual experience of audiences with the transformational power of music. 
​Rodgers organs not only capture the essence of American pipe organ sound, they have led the way in making organs more accessible to places of worship, universities, music schools and enthusiasts homes around the world.
​Rodgers has a legacy for innovating technologies, their hybrid organ solutions are known for uniting tradition with innovation. 
Rodgers has three stunning organ series making up their collection.
​Click on the organ images for model information through the Rodgers website, or on the films below.
​ Call or email Mark to discuss any Rodgers products. 
THE COLLECTION
Since 1968, Johannus has been putting the pipe organ within reach for musicians of every strip, from hobbyists with limited space and advanced, ambitious players, to professionals performing in churches or concert venues.
​All of our home or church models, from the smallest practice organ to the largest custom-built organ, come with the world-famous Johannus sound to which every organist is entitled. 
Johannus has an exquisite organ series making up their home and church collection.
​Click on the organ images for model information through the Johannus website, or on the films below.
​ Call or email Mark to discuss any Johannus products. 

the home collection

opus

studio

live

VIVALDI

CUSTOM Monarke

MONARKE 

AMSTERDAM

the church collection

opus choir

ecclesia

american

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monarke custom
Makin organs are designed and built by organists for organists in homes, crematoria, churches and cathedrals. If you like the sound of an English pipe organ, you will love the sound of a Makin: the true sound of the English King of the instruments. 
​We have often said you don’t buy a Makin organ, but rather you invest in one.
Makin has outstanding traditional and new organ series in their collection.
​Click on the organ images for model information through the Makin website, or on the films below.
​ Call or email Mark to discuss any Makin products. 

THE COLLECTION

RYDAL
THIRLMERE
WINDERMERE
DERWENT
Craftsmanship and tradition in a digital world.
Copeman Hart is compared to highly desirable and exclusive cars by organ enthusiasts: the organs are custom built down to the very last note. Whether it concerns the stoplist, the layout of the drawstops, the position of the thumb pistons, the style and color of the console: each detail is decided upon in consultation with the customer.
Copeman Hart, established in 1960, enjoys an international reputation for its custom built church organs with a typical English sound and appearance. There is not a collection of organ series but a dedication to seeing your organ dream being built into a magnificent reality. 
​Click on the organ images for information through the Copeman Hart website, or on the films below.
​ Call or email Mark to discuss any Copeman Hart organ enquiries. 

Hybrid Organs

Clarity is delighted to be offering consultation and design services, in partnership with renowned pipe organ builders, for digital hybrid organs. 
There are many traditional pipe organs in New  Zealand that can not be repaired due to ongoing high costs. The option to transform them into a hybrid organ saves the instrument from demolition, giving it a new lease of life for many more years to come. Clarity can work with any of our four brands, Rodgers, Johannus, Makin and Copeman Hart, to design a hybrid organ from their collections. See below for brand info.

A hybrid organ unites a new or existing pipe organ with a digital organ in a brilliant partnership enjoyed by thousands of houses of worship worldwide. The marriage of acoustic winded pipes with state-of-the-art digital sound transforms aging or limited pipe organs into instruments of great beauty and flexibility. Hybrid digital organs offer a far greater selection and diversity of sound than most acoustic-only instruments, with enormous savings in the cost of purchase and maintenance. 
  • RODGERS
  • JOHANNUS
  • MAKIN
  • COPEMAN HART
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Hybrid organs offer a far greater selection and diversity of sound then most acoustic-only instruments, with enormous savings in purchase and maintenance costs. With a Rodgers console and Rodgers Pipe Integration (PIM) system, new pipes can be added, or existing pipes can be preserved or enhanced while perfectly matching the ranks using Rodgers' digital tonal finishing and auto-tuning technologies. 
As a result, Rodgers digital organ sounds are virtually indistinguishable from the sounds coming from winded pipes. An ideal solution for churches with an aging or limited pipe instrument, but also for churches looking to get the most out of their organ. ​
Rodgers Pipe Integration Manager (PIM) is a simple yet sophisticated tool that allows for a seamless connection of a Rodgers console to the pipe drivers which in turn control your pipes.
The PIM is field programmable, easily interfacing to any amount of pipework and versatile enough to make changes as needed or desired. After creating or modifying the configuration file, which is usually done via a computer file, it can be loaded into the organ via USB drive and the changes take effect instantly. Stops can be configured as expressed or unexpressed, and all stops can be tonally finished note by note on site. 

Please click on the images for video and story info.​ 
Visit the Rodgers website    https://www.rodgersinstruments.com/ 
With Hybrid Organ Solutions, Johannus provides the advanced technology necessary to literally merge the worlds of the digital and pipe organ. Johannus is a world leader when it comes to building what are known as combination organs. The combination organ, as the name indicates, is a combined pipe and digital organ. This might entail, for example, replacing an outdated console with a digital one (often at a lower price). Adding extra digital stops to the pipe organ stoplist is also an option. Adding digital components or using them to replace outdated components is an affordable and durable alternative.
Please click on the images for video and story info.​ 
Visit the Johannus website  
https://www.johannus.com/en/collection-church-organs/hybrid-organ-solutions/hybrid-organ-solutions
The six pros of Hybrid Organ Solutions
  • Combining the romance of the pipe organ with the technical potential of a digital console and digital stops always ensures higher quality.
  • Adding a digital console and digital stops costs less than traditional pipe organ restoration or expansion.
  • Digital stops stay truer to tone and are unaffected by fluctuating temperatures in the church building.
  • If desired, a hybrid organ can also be enriched by adding such stops as a piano, trumpet or orchestral stops. Adding a 64-foot stop is also a possibility.
  • A digital console eliminates the need for expensive maintenance and tune-ups in the long run.
  • Digital components in a pipe organ are easy to update and can be replaced at relatively reasonable rates.
Hybrid Organ Solutions is actually a collective title for four specific hybrid solutions. The solution chosen depends on the specific circumstances and wishes. 
A beautiful harmony of the digital and the pipe, producing that Makin sound you love. 
Makin hybrid organs are uniquely designed through the collaboration of the buyer, Clarity , Makin and sometimes our hybrid partner pipe organ builders. The result is a Makin digital organ in built with world leading Global Organ Group's hybrid technology, which is expertly installed to link with your pipe instrument through Clarity and our hybrid pipe organ builders, as required. The Global Organ Group has led the development and building of Hybrid or ‘combination organs’ for the past 10 years. The advanced technology used for this purpose has proven to be both very reliable and very fast. 
The collaboration of these experts on your unique hybrid does not mean multiplication of costs, Clarity will provide you with one overall quote for your hybrid organ project.  
Visit the Makin organ collection info earlier on this page to see organ options and visit our Organ installations & service page to see our showcase reel, where we story some of our hybrid organ projects. 
Click left to read a news article and watch their film about about our successful Makin hybrid project at Baring Methodist Church, Ashburton.  

​"Traditional craftsmanship combines with the latest technology, making Copeman Hart hybrids the ultimate aesthetically pleasing and acoustically brilliant instruments.​" 
Copeman Hart hybrid organs are exclusively designed, in consultation with you, by Clarity , Copeman Hart organ builders and sometimes our hybrid partner pipe organ builders. The end product is a Copeman Hart digital organ in built with world leading Global Organ Group's hybrid technology, which is installed by Clarity to link uniquely with your pipe instrument. Our hybrid pipe organ builders may expertly restore any aspect of the pipe organ to allow full potential of the new synthesized instrument, to remain an instrument of beauty for years to come . The Global Organ Group has led the development and building of Hybrid or ‘combination organs’ for the past 10 years. The advanced technology used for this purpose has proven to be both very reliable and very fast. 
The collaboration of these experts on your unique hybrid does not mean multiplication of costs, Clarity will provide you with one overall quote for your hybrid organ project. 



​Visit the Copeman Hart organ info earlier on this page to see organ options and visit our Organ installations & service page to see our showcase reel, where we story some of our hybrid organ projects. 

Hybrid partners

Mark has a long standing working relationship with renowned pipe organ builders, who become project partners for digital hybrid organ projects. 
​ The South Island Organ Company and Anderson Pipe Organs make excellent partners with hybrid endeavours. 
South Island Organ Company (SIOC) offer tuning and maintenance, historic restorations, artistic rebuilds, and new organs to suit your needs and budget.
​Established in 1968, the company provides high quality organ building services throughout New Zealand and abroad. We are widely recognised as a leading firm specialising in pipe organ restoration and rebuilding.
SIOC are proud of their organ projects, big (Wellington Town Hall) and small (Iona Presbyterian, Port Chalmers) and abroad (Sydney Conservatorium of Music). The team of highly skilled individuals bring together their know how of engineering, woodworking, digital design, working with different materials, including metal, leather, glue, stains, shellac, paints and more.
SIOC are committed to research unknown areas of construction technique, musical style, and architectural detail before embarking on a restoration project.
Mark has had a strong relationship with SIOC since the 1990's, assisting on many of their projects. Now, Clarity is now proud to be chosen as their preferred contractor for Hybrid projects. 
Click on the image to link to their website.
Anderson Pipe Organs was founded by Josh Anderson in 2022 with the aim of providing high-quality pipe organ services throughout New Zealand.
Josh has been involved in the installation and ongoing maintenance of many pipe organs. These include the large four-manual organs in St John’s College Chapel in Cambridge UK, Rochester and Manchester Cathedrals in the UK, Urawa Akenohoshi Girls’ School in Japan, and many Town Hall, Cathedral and Parish instruments around NZ.
At Mander Organs Ltd, Josh held the role of Designer, being responsible for the technical design of new or rebuilt instruments. A significant project was the major rebuilding of the 1953 J.W. Walker instrument in Waltham Abbey, Essex, completed in 2019.
Clarity feels fortunate to work with Anderson Pipe Organs on future hybrid projects. 
Click on the image to link to their website.​

Clarity's organ specialist 

Clarity Director, Mark Patterson, has enjoyed a life long love affair with the pipe, digital and now the new hybrid organs! Mark began playing the pipe organ from six years of age and from age 11 to 17 he built a full pipe organ in his home! At 12 he was awarded a music scholarship to Christs College Canterbury, and later became the organ scholar at Christchurch Cathedral.

As an adult who has toured nationally and played for many years in many church venues, Mark has got up close and personal with the workings of the organ. This has been through working with the South Island Organ Company and Ralph Cullen of Keyboard Music Systems, over many years on organ repairs, tuning and more. Due to Mark's specialist skills he was tasked with his most unusual project to date - bringing down the remnants of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament's 1878 organ, which was damaged during the earthquakes. 

Mark combines his intimate knowledge of the instrument as player and technician, and his niche understanding of church acoustics, to provide previous Keyboard Music Systems customers and new customers with the expertise they deserve in all organ and audio visual needs.