[rodgersorgan] A tale of two organs
- From: "Noel Heinze" <noel.heinze@xxxxxxx>
- To: "RodgersUsers" <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:46:33 -0400
Private UMC college nearby recently installed a 69-rank tracker action
instrument in their performing arts hall...cost $1.1 million, that's about
$16,000 per rank (!!), builder is not one of the better-known firms, was
hand-picked by the powers-that-be, no other firms were invited to bid on the
job (!!), I attended inaugural concert a few nights ago...hall seats 700 and
was packed, but VERY few under the age of 60-70...why? Fellow AGO'ers who were
there concur that it looks nice but leaves a lot to be desired otherwise,
tracker or not.
Also attended recital at a local Presbyt. church, small-ish building, seats
about 300, they had a 20-odd rank pipe organ, recently added 30-odd ranks of
Walker electronics and new console, all agree it sounds wonderful. Why not
Rodgers or Allen? Very dry acoustic...doesn't Walker offer "reverb" to fix
this?
Noel Heinze, Asheville, NC
St. Giles Chapel, Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community
Rodgers 835B and PR300S
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