[rodgersorgan] Re: 32' - soft or loud?
- From: Ralph Cullen <rcullen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 18:34:57 +1200
The question should maybe asked "What KIND of stop should it be, if there
is only one" rather than just how loud.
I am most impressed with the compromise that Rodgers have come up with with
the T700 series organs. I am lead to understand that this is skinner
invention / convention and that is to make that one 32' stop a string
rather than a Flute (on the one hand) or a Reed (on the other) I also note
that on the Continent, a Bombarde is liable to appear before a Subbass.
Maybe this is to add definition at that pitch rather than weight. My
appreciation of the Violone that is on the 700 series organs has grown
tremendously as I have used it. It has the definition of a Reed and the
weight of a Flue and seems to work so well in both roles. I think a 32'
should be able to be used with light registrations , like Flute Celeste II
8' on GREAT with just 32' underneath. Also the 32' should add that "rumble"
to full organ. I think this Violone does both. Maybe not perfectly in each
case, but certainly a wonderful compromise when only one stop at that pitch
is available.
Ralph
Rodgers Organs
New Zealand.
At 07:10 PM 31-03-03 -0500, you wrote:
>If an organ has only one 32' flue stop, should it be soft or loud?
>
>If it is loud, you can only use it when the organ is already playing
>loudly, but if it is soft, you can use it all the time.
>
>A time honored effect is pulling a 32' just as the last chord is played,
>the resulting Whummmp! putting a period on the end of the sentence.
>
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