[rodgersorgan] Re: Transposer

as odd as this may sound, I can't use the transposer. First of all, I have 
perfect pitch, so playing in one key and hearing it in another throws me off. 
If I'm holding a C Major chord, and I hear something else, it rubs me the wrong 
way....like nails on a blackboard! Mind you, I can transpose at sight, so I 
really don't need a transposer anyway. I can honestly say that in all the years 
of playing in churches, I can count on one hand, the number of times I've had 
to transpose anything. The only thing one would really have to transpose would 
be hymns, since some are not written with the congregation in mind. Solo organ 
music is never transposed, and most choral work is in comfortable keys. 
Transposing choral work is actually a bad thing, especially if you're dealing 
with an SATB choir. The soprano line may be too high, but then after 
transposing it, the bass line might be too low, etc.

Also, some pipe organs had transposers long ago, such as the Ruffatti at Coral 
Ridge. It was built in 1974. Casavant offers transposers on their organs, both 
new and old....if you're willing to pay.

Carlo Pietroniro
St. Patrick's Basilica
Montreal, Quebec
3m Casavant Opus 60, 1895


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