[rodgersorgan] Re: Fw: Re: Consoles

There was a similar organ built for Fanwood Presbyterian Church that 
approximates Black Beauty.  Similar but not exact.  It can be heard on 
the album "Virgil Fox Plays Music for the New Age" which was produced 
in 1971.  Whether or not this had an adjustable keydesk I can't say, 
but I can state that Beauty never went up and down except on a liftgate 
in and out of the touring truck.  She also rode on a fork lift truck 
out of the touring organ truck, across my front yard, through a wooden 
fence that was temporarily taken down to accommodate  her size,  and 
finally driven into my house through patio doors that had also been 
removed.

Also, the comment about the back being removed for adjusting the sound 
-  Also not quite correct.  There are 2 back side door panels, hinged 
at either side opening in the middle.  They each swing open more than 
90 degrees so that access to the racks which slide in and out for 
adjustments and maintenance was quick and easy.  No doors or panels had 
to be removed for access.

I have loads of pictures which show the move and installation by Jason 
Grable of Rodgers and later pictures during maintenance and the 
installation of the 30th toe stud which was Ch to Ped reversible.  It 
was always there as a piston.  I will be glad to share.  The pictures 
are in the tiff format and are about 1.3 meg each.

Harry
On Saturday, September 27, 2003, at 08:27  AM, Noel Heinze wrote:

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> From: Noel Heinze <noel.heinze@xxxxxxx>
> To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [rodgersorgan] Re: Consoles
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>> Ref Black Beauty and my assertion that the keydesk/top half of the 
>> console
>> could be raised or lowered vs. Ken and Harry's assertion that it did
>> nosuchathing...as Jack Benny used to say, "WELL!"   I've seen fotos 
>> and
>> articles somewhere (Diapason?  AGO mags?) that support my 
>> contention...I'll
>> have to dig through my stuff to see if I can find it...meanwhile, can 
>> our
>> friends at Rodgers enlighten us?
>>
>> Maybe it wasn't Black Beauty (weren't there maybe two or more such
> "touring"
>> organs?) ...the one I'm thinking of had a wider/deeper top half so it 
>> could
>> telescope over the bottom half, slide up and down.
>>
>> Noel Heinze, Asheville, NC
>> St. Giles Chapel, Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community
>> Rodgers 835B and PR300S
>>
>>
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