What Role Does the Scaling and Voicing Play?
“Ruffatti scalings are a marriage of our Italian heritage and current acoustical research. Like the composition of metal alloys, scalings vary according to the acoustical nature of your room and the way you want your instrument to sound. Thus, we have no standard scaling for each stop. We feel strongly that to create truly individual pipe organs, a builder must combine proven theory with his own artistic judgement. Our approach to voicing is that of making each pipe produce a natural sound as possible. Great care is exercised in balancing the tonal quality between ranks. Although we generally use the ‘open toe’ system, the ‘romantic’ stops are all voiced in a typically romantic way.
