[rodgersorganusers] Re: new list member

Welcome to the list! & Merry Christmas to all!

You brought up an interesting point. I, too play in a church that right at 
this moment has an old Allen and I am searching out ways of getting the 
music committees' attention in the condition of the organ and the sound in 
the church. I have approached them on adding antiphonal speakers and this 
past Sunday I mentioned that very taboo subject of new organ.
My question is, since you have both internal speakers and external remotes, 
why turn them off and use only the remotes?
I had played for a church quite a few years ago where they had remotes, 
antiphonals and internals, and I found that when i solo-ed, i liked the 
antiphonals, for the sound would come from the balcony in back of the 
people, and when I accompanied them I would turn off the antiphonals and use 
the external remotes and the internals, giving them the full effect of the 
music from the front of the church.

I have been complaining about our instrument and finding every possible 
problem with it and associating it's age with the money we are going to 
spend etc. I have two instruments at my house and naturally, I'm using the 
"other" organ experience with the money we will spend because once they 
start breaking down, its a matter of time before the service man will be 
making more appearances than he should, etc. etc. etc.
Hopefully they will get the hint. As I said, this past Sunday I told someone 
that the church needs to get a new organ, and that someone agreed!

Here's to 2004!, May we go organ hunting!

Rich T.


>From: "Carolyn" <carolynlfs@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [rodgersorganusers] new list member
>Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:52:59 -0600
>
>
>Greetings present list members
>I am an organist at a small Lutheran church in Mt Vernon, Iowa.  I accepted 
>this position earlier this year.  Prior to this I was organist at a church 
>for 15 years that had an Allen organ.  the Rodgers is new to me so I 
>decided to join this list to get more comfortable playing one.
>
>The Rodgers I play now is about five years old.  It has two manuals and a 
>midi.  the speakers are both internal and two external.  I can turn off the 
>internals when accompanying the congregation.
>
>the console is in the rear of the church.  The external speakers are in the 
>front behind and above the altar area.
>
>I studied music at the University of Dayton.  My organ teacher there was 
>Burton Weaver.  Since then I have taken additional lessons from Paul Otte 
>(now of the Twin cities) and Roy Carroll of Loras College.
>
>I am looking forward to learning many helpful things from this list.
>
>Carolyn Sternowski
>Iowa
>
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