Let's face it. Rodgers is gone. Unfortunately the dispersion of the parts ,
factory and personnel has put the coffin nails into the former company. The
fact that the name brand has been continued does not provide any succor to
those owners of the instruments that were built by Rodgers. It is not possible
to conceive that new usurpers of the Rodgers name had any intention of
providing ongoing support when they immediately sold all the parts for existing
Roders instruments.
Please provide support of your statements. Rodgers was moving and cleaned out
their “attic”. I doubt that there was any reason to keep 5 Harpsichord
Keyboards in stock that were built for the C-80 Harpsichord that is at least 16
years old now. Thse instruments were not built at Rodgers and parts were
supplied by Roland, so why were they even there?
If you go on eBay you will find these and other parts bought by the local firm
out there that specializes in stocking parts of older organs by many different
manufacturers.
I ordered an entire cage of boards for a 15+ year old organ a few weeks ago.
Some of the baords were not available…that is, immediately available. They
have built the replacement boards needed and the entire order is being shipped.
Get parts for your TV you bought 15 years ago…or even 5 years ago.
The facts are that some dealers are acting as a bridge between 2 very disparate
entities. The first , a designer, builder and support service for a range of
Rodgers digital organs , the latter of known manufacturer of very cheap and low
quality instruments that have their base in Europe. All that was learned by the
former will not carry on to the latter.
Dealers have always done this and dealt with it. A dealer might sell Rodgers
and Rufatti…and Hammond and Viscount. The fact that they sold Rufatti did not
hurt their Rodgers sales - neither did selling Hammonds. They are selling
organs for two different markets, that’s all.
Nancy Holloway had a specific problem and she posted about it. It was true and
as a customer she has rights.
Being a dealer with factory support is hard enough, but the challenge to
support customers without factory support because it is gone whilst trying sell
a totally different product with no established reputation is a monumental
challenge. The fact that some dealers are very concerned about their integrity
will be beneficial to owners . A shame that concept was carried on by the
current suppliers of something that has a Rodgers stencil on it.
Dealers concerned about their integrity would NOT be talking to you. If they
have integrity they would be talking to the Rodgers US factory.
You have been talking with the wrong people and they have been feeding you
stories that are without fact and merit. They are using you as a shill to
spread their own vile and disgusting opinions.
If you’ve got a problem with a Rodgers organ at Round Lake, NY, then you have a
right to post. But these generalizations and suppositions have no place here.
This kind of talk threatens the jobs of Rodgers employees and the dealers as
well. It does not belong hehe or anyplace.
Rodgers has gone through transitions of ownership before and during this time
many, many electronic organ builder and pipe organ builders have gone under.
GOG did not buy Rodgers, Coleman Hart and Makin to shut them down, but to
master the market with a variety of instruments of different classes.
The organ business has been back in the 1950’s too long. Today you will rarely
find an automobile dealer swelling one brand.
If GOG has the ability to build a fine organ, Rodgers will succeed.
Noel Jones, AAGO
noel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.frogmusic.com
Frog Music Press
636 Old 19
Augusta, KY 41002
606 756 7979
423 333 0947 cell
On May 11, 2017, at 10:07 AM, William Hubert <whubert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Let's face it. Rodgers is gone. Unfortunately the dispersion of the parts ,
factory and personnel has put the coffin nails into the former company. The
fact that the name brand has been continued does not provide any succor to
those owners of the instruments that were built by Rodgers. It is not possible
to conceive that new usurpers of the Rodgers name had any intention of
providing ongoing support when they immediately sold all the parts for existing
Roders instruments.
The facts are that some dealers are acting as a bridge between 2 very
disparate entities. The first , a designer, builder and support service for a
range of Rodgers digital organs , the latter of known manufacturer of very
cheap and low quality instruments that have their base in Europe. All that was
learned by the former will not carry on to the latter. Being a dealer with
factory support is hard enough, but the challenge to support customers without
factory support because it is gone whilst trying sell a totally different
product with no established reputation is a monumental challenge. The fact that
some dealers are very concerned about their integrity will be beneficial to
owners . A shame that concept was carried on by the current suppliers of
something that has a Rodgers stencil on it.
