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Faith Christian Fellowship

Racine, WI

Faith Christian Fellowship Church is a growing church--they just bought an old church building this year (1999) for their growing congregation. The building was built in 1904 and has seen several different church bodies worship in it.

In addition to replacing the carpeting, replacing the pew pads and many other improvements, they desired quality sound. Elder Todd Nienhaus expressed to us their desire and financial limitations. We were able to come up with a plan that would get them started on the right foot and yet not exceed their budget (too far).

With the help of Todd and two other church members, we installed a single point-source speaker (Tannoy i15) using a custom steel bracket. A Crown amplifier and an Ashly equalizer completed the equipment list. To save money, it was decided to continue using the existing Peavey 9-channel powered mixer.

The custom steel bracket was designed by us (All Church Sound) and Rob Steffen of Liberty Die & Mold. Rob and Lenny from LD&M welded all of the parts as needed, All Church Sound painted them to match the church ceiling (and custom finished speaker cabinate).

Once the system was set up and adjusted properly, the church members helping us were very impressed. "It fills the room so evenly!", "...it sounds natural with no coloration at all", and "This is sure a lot better than what we had!"

Future plans include replacing the mixer, the tape & CD players, and running permanant mic lines from the platform to the mixer.

 

From Todd A. Nienhause (Elder)

"I am writing this letter to express the sincere satisfaction that our church has experienced in working with All Church Sound. We are thankful that All Church Sound was willing to help us acquire a system suited to our needs and that was within our budget. They have proved themselves to be professional, courteous, and knowledgaeble about church sound systems and the equipment they supply.

I would not hesitate to refer All Church Sound to any church that needs a new system or needs to improve their existing system. They are a joy to work with."

photo showing the old speaker (powered off a 70.7 volt line) which had been painted over when the ceiling was painted (some time ago). Paint had gotten onto the speaker driver and horn driver. They were not interested in using this speaker. (besides the fact that it was an improper choice for this room)

Here's the top of one of the ends of the speaker bracket in the attic. Thank goondness there was an attic! Once the bracket was installed, we hung on it and bounced on it a bit; it didn't budge at all.

This photo shows the front of the church before the new speaker was installed. The pink box at the top of hte photo shows the existing speaker. The two red boxes show where there are steel shelves mounted to hold speakers; there was still an old (OLD!) speaker sitting on the right hand side. the green circles show where someone had drilled about 100 holes (in each side) in the flat wood surface so they could mount a speaker behind it. The speakers are gone, but the holes sure show! The blue boxes indicated where yet another set of shelves were mounted to facilitate the mounting of speakers! This church has had at least 4 different speaker systems in it's time, not including the one we installed. We're confident the new speaker system will fulfill the need of sound reinforcement in this room for manyyears to come.

OH! There was another pair of speakers mounted in the balcony, too. One on either side of the balcony, above the front rail. The speakers were gone, but the speaker wire and multiple holes in the wall sure let us know what had been there!

The rear of the church showing the curved center section of the balcony. (This picture was taken right before the new carpet was installed)

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