[rodgersorgan] Why?


Hey, organ fans.  I have a question that's been bugging me since the early 
80's about pipe/electronic combination instruments.

WHY?  Why would someone want to combine the real thing with electronic 
imitation?  I realize that back then, pipes were used because electronics 
were incapable of adequately imitating the sound, but nowadays with digital 
technology, why would anyone try and merge the two?  Just curious.

My experience with a combo instrument left a bad taste in my mouth.  It was 
in a Lutheran church in Reno, Nevada in the spring of '82.  It was a Rodgers 
combo, four ranks of flu pipes.  It was cold and snowy outside but very warm 
inside.  Despite attempts with the tuning control, the electronics could not 
get tuned to the pipes.  Anything I played sounded horrible.  I ended up 
using only the pipes.  Why, with that hassle, would that be a popuplar 
option?



Richard Wildhirt
St. Luke's Lutheran
Federal Way, WA
Rodgers 940/PR-300S




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