[rodgersorgan] Stops that speak!


Our language is the sound of vowels interspersed with consonants.

Organ Flue pipes (flutes, principals and strings...) are voiced some to 
have consonant speech , others to have a smooth vowel sound only.  These 
consonant stops like the Nason Gedeckt and Holz Gedeckt have a wonderful 
cheery quality about them as they bite air when played.  It is often 
effective to play one of the stops alone on a hymn tune, leaving little 
bits of air and punctuating the musical line with the attack.

One other aspect of speech is present in reeds.  In speaking many 
languages, a rise in pitch on the last word implies a question.  Reeds 
often fall in pitch when released...this effect can be controlled by you 
the organist by adjusting valve release in many Rodgers.


-- 
noel jones, aago
athens, tennessee, usa
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