[rodgersorgan] Re: Consoles

re:  Glasses made just for organ playing - "=85 I don't use the blinkin'=20=

things"

Noel-

I also had glasses made just for playing.  Since I'm in a Southern=20
Baptist church, I have a song leader to follow for hymns, as well as a=20=

choir director for choral pieces.  I had my Varilux glasses made with=20
the bifocal (near vision) part as high as possible in the lenses so=20
that there's just a small part at the top of the lens for distance. =20
This lets me get the music in focus without having to tilt my head back=20=

and I can easily look over the music at the song leader.  These have=20
worked well for me for the past six years.  I use them every time I=20
play.

Doug Brickett
Organist
Vista Grande Baptist Church
Colorado Springs, CO

On Saturday, September 20, 2003, at 09:09  AM, Noel Heinze wrote:

>
> There never was a console that fit me.  I used to be 6'1", have shrunk=20=

> in my
> old age to about 5'9" but my legs are just as long as ever, so I=20
> always have
> to raise the bench 2-3" to avoid playing side-saddle.  My knees often=20=

> hit
> the lower keyboard, even hit pistons if I'm not careful.  I don't mind=20=

> low
> music racks since I'm so short-waisted, if I can put couplers or stops=20=

> on
> pistons  (or as I've seen on some organs, the couplers are mixed in=20
> with the
> other stop knobs).  I envy Rodgers' famous Black Beauty and similar=20
> consoles
> where the entire keydesk and top half of the console can be raised or
> lowered, ditto music rack.  We have adjustable benches, sometimes=20
> adjustable
> racks, why not adjustable keydesks?
>
> I'm nearsighted, too (why DID my good wife marry me?)...so I peered=20
> over the
> top of my glasses unless the rack was too high for that, got bifocals=20=

> and
> "Varilux," finally had a pair made just for playing organ, and they=20
> work
> fine IF I can position my head/line of sight just exactly right so
> everything's in focus...which is more trouble than it's worth, so I=20
> don't
> use the blinkin' things.
>
> Noel Heinze, Asheville, NC
> St. Giles Chapel, Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community
> Rodgers 835B and PR300S
>
>
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