[rodgersorgan] Fw: old habits die hard....


ANOTHER REPOST...

-----Original Message-----
From: Noel Heinze <noel.heinze@xxxxxxx>
To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, July 29, 2002 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [rodgersorgan] old habits die hard....


>Carlo asked about leaving swell shoes wide open, as I expect most of us
were
>taught to do with pipe organs, so the air in the chambers matches
>(hopefully) the air around unenclosed pipework, and everything remains
>(hopefully) in better tune.  This works with SOME pipe organs, particularly
>those with mechanical linkage between the shoes and the shades, e.g.,
>clothesline.  Some electro-pneumatic instruments slam the shades shut when
>you kill the power, unless you shut the boxes before you turn it off, then
>the shades open as the wind pressure drops.  Some electronic organs have
>Great and/or Pedal Unenclosed switches to disconnect those divisions from
>expression.  Some pipe-electronic installations use loudspeakers in
chambers
>with pipework, so the electronics are full blast all the time and the
volume
>is controlled by the shades.  The amps and speakers don't seem to be any
the
>worse for such "abuse."
>
>Noel Heinze
>Asheville, NC
>
>

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