[rodgersorganusers] Re: Old Analogs

Ralph,

     No, I'm serious as a train wreck.  A Rodgers 330 
(or similar Rodgers analog) is my preference, provided
it is properly voiced and installed.  It is the
digitals that sound artificial to me.  I believe it's
all in the ears.  
     I have removed, installed, voiced, tuned, played,
and even owned a number of pipe organs of various
style and make since 1973.  I was one of the guys that
stuck my nose in the air at "those dreadful electronic
appliances".  That was until I heard a propery voiced
and installed electronic organ, which just happened to
be an analog Rodgers theatre organ.  
     I purchased my 330E, spent the money for an audio
system that does the instrument justice, and have
never looked back.  I hear various pipe and electronic
organs in various installations all the time, and
there are few I would trade my Rodgers 330E 
for.  I will state again that the key here is "PROPER
VOICING AND INSTALLATION, and that means you need an
audio system that is capable.  
     Just my $0.02 worth.

Best regards,
Brad Starcevich

--- Ralph Cullen <rcullen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> At 08:44 AM 11/18/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> 
> 
> >I have a Rodgers 330E drawknob organ in my home.  I
> >can state unequivically that I could blind fold
> ANYONE
> >without prior knowledge of the installation and,
> after
> >playing it, challenge them whether the organ is
> pipes,
> >analog, or digital.  I can guarantee that few, if
> any,
> >would guess analog or digital.
> 
> I haven't contributed to this discussion, and am
> rather reluctant, but.... 
> you surely have to be joking Bradley....
> I have to say without mentioning any brands, that
> Rodgers Analogue organs 
> were certainly the most wonderful electronic organs
> in their day, and 
> certainly better than the "Computer Organ" (of
> similar vintage to the 
> Rodgers LTG organs) I played recently for a service
> in another church. 
> However: The very nature of the tone generation
> system and unit keying 
> demanded that the mixtures were all out of tune, and
> very harsh as a 
> result. As well as that, the sterility associated,
> not with ENSEMBLE (for 
> it was the best) but with tonal colour made the
> organs of that time sound 
> very blah, as comparted with properly tuned and
> voiced PDI technology.
> There is no doubt that they were fine organs, but
> compared to pipes??????
> Cheers,
> Ralph Rodgers fan from the early seventies.
> 
>
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