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 > ! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Find new MIDI music and Guides to Rodgers Organs at www.frogmusic.com > > To post send messages to: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) > go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html > > > ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Find new MIDI music and Guides to Rodgers Organs at www.frogmusic.com To post send messages to: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html