[rodgersorgan] Re: It's the Principal of the Thing...



I have always loved using a diapason or principal at 16' or 8' for a =
beautiful solo registration. I find it disappointing that so few electronic=
 instruments have a 16' Principal for that very reason. And in a celeste--i=
t is truly heavenly (but stay mostly above middle C, we don't want mud). =
The older analog Rodgers Viola Pomposa and Celeste was so nice, as they =
really were principals. I find diapason celestes so much warmer in sound =
than string celestes.=20

And while on the subject of solo stops, a clarinet at 16' (or basset horn) =
is very nice, too, and rare on classical instruments.  With gentle =
tremulant, please, for slower lyrical melodies.

For developing useful solo registrations, it really pays for classical =
organists to borrow some of the techniques that theatre organists use. =
Walt Strony's Secrets of Theatre Organ Registration is the only place I =
know that these have been committed to paper.

Best regards,
Charlie

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