[rodgersorgan] Carols and PR 300


Happy New Year to all!

Today we celebrated Epiphany, I know we rushed it by a day...  However, being 
one who is rather sparing with the PR 300 I got wild today.  When registering 
the carol "We Three Kings" I selected a soft flute registration on Great, 
Swell, and Pedal with couplers in full use.  Then I used the bagpipe on the 
Great midi piston, the timpani on the Pedal midi piston, and the triangle on 
the Swell midi piston.  I played the hymn, for the most part on the Great and 
Pedal, but at the beginning of each phrase I jumped up to the Swell with the 
melody, on the first beat of each new phrase only, to get the triangle and 
then played the entire refrain melody on the Swell.

I know it sounds a bit weird to explain, but it was beautiful and I received 
numerous compliments following the service for my unorthodox registration of 
an otherwise predictable carol.  As a matter of fact, the priest said that my 
registration sounded middle eastern and the triangle was the icing on the 
cake (he was being nice).  For one who is steeped in traditional organ 
registration/hymn playing I'm finding that judicious use of the PR 300 can 
really perk up a hymn without becoming too showy.

Allen Johns
Dallas


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