My own taste in pipe organs tends toward a mechanical design which is
simple yet brilliantly executed, and which above all gives
families of pipes which speak with depth and integrity.
I'd leave out the electronics, cowbells, wah-wah effects, etc.
although some of the sounds you can produce with these one-man-orchestra
devices are quite lovely (can I put my asbestos suit back in the
closet now? :-)
 
In Kitchener, Ontario, Canada there is a masterpiece of the organ-builders
art:  Gerhard Brunzema's Opus 12.  Brunzema in my opinion was certainly
the finest organ-builder in Canada until his lamented premature death
last April.  Over the years I became good friends with Brunzema and his
family, and while this might bias my opinions, it does so
because seeing Gerhard work only increased my respect for him.
 
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Brunzema Opus #12 - Blessed Sacrament Parish, Kitchener Ont., Canada
 
 
Praestant 8'    Holzgedackt 8'  Subbass 16'
Schwebung 8'    Holzflo"te 4'
Gedackt 8'      Flo"te 2'
Oktave 4'
Rohrflo"te 4'
Quinte 2 2/3'
Oktave 2'
Mixtur IV
Trompete 8'                     Tremulant
                                I/Ped, II/Ped
 
Built in 1983, two manuals.
 
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As for residence organs, I wouldn't mind one of his Kistenorgel - the smallest
model he made (1 manual, 4 stops) but with an incredibly big sound.  There
is one in Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto - the symphony uses it for their
chamber organ (Handel's Messiah, etc.).. they aren't big and fancy in the
bloated, grandiose senses of those words, just small and perfect.
 
Kevyn