[rodgersorgan] Re: Stops that speak!



Hi Noel:
I find your explanations about organ stops and sounds most interesting and
intriguing. I am a newcomer to registrations and this gives me the impetus
to experiment and research.
Thank you - Fred, e-musician, St. Andrew, Stuart, FL

noel jones wrote:

> 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.
>
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> athens, tennessee, usa
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