[rodgersorgan] Re: Consoles

  • From: Doug Brickett <dbrickett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 20:51:33 -0600

Richard-

I'm 6'2" and my biggest problem is hitting my knees on the wings as I 
dismount!

Doug Brickett
Organist
Vista Grande Baptist Church
Colorado Springs, CO

On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 01:08  PM, wildrich@xxxxxxxxxxx 
wrote:

>
> Consoles.  Hmm.  Here's something interesting.
>
> For five years, I played at a church that has a old two-manual Rodgers
> Cambridge 220.  Nice instrument for being analog, with a large drawknob
> console.  Now, the 940 I play, which is three manuals, has actually a 
> smaller
> console that the 220.  I'm assuming that digital technology allows one 
> to get
> more into a smaller box.  Good things come in small packages.
>
> However, there is one drawback to the 940's smaller console.  I'm 
> 6'3", and I
> sit up straight on the bench.  The music rack on the 940 has been 
> placed low
> enough to allow the roll top to close.  Unfortunately, the music rack
> completely blocks my view of the row of couplers.  I have to slouch to 
> see
> them.  That's a hassle.  Must've been a cost-cutting measure by 
> Rodgers, but
> the might not have taken into account the sight line of a tall 
> organist.
>
> Any of you taller organists run into this problem?
>
> --
> Richard Wildhirt
> Federal Way, WA
> St. Luke's Lutheran Church
> Rodgers 940/PR-300S
> !
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