Ralph, No, I'm serious as a train wreck. A Rodgers 330 (or similar Rodgers analog) is my preference, provided it is properly voiced and installed. It is the digitals that sound artificial to me. I believe it's all in the ears. I have removed, installed, voiced, tuned, played, and even owned a number of pipe organs of various style and make since 1973. I was one of the guys that stuck my nose in the air at "those dreadful electronic appliances". That was until I heard a propery voiced and installed electronic organ, which just happened to be an analog Rodgers theatre organ. I purchased my 330E, spent the money for an audio system that does the instrument justice, and have never looked back. I hear various pipe and electronic organs in various installations all the time, and there are few I would trade my Rodgers 330E for. I will state again that the key here is "PROPER VOICING AND INSTALLATION, and that means you need an audio system that is capable. Just my $0.02 worth. Best regards, Brad Starcevich --- Ralph Cullen <rcullen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > At 08:44 AM 11/18/2003 -0800, you wrote: > > > >I have a Rodgers 330E drawknob organ in my home. I > >can state unequivically that I could blind fold > ANYONE > >without prior knowledge of the installation and, > after > >playing it, challenge them whether the organ is > pipes, > >analog, or digital. I can guarantee that few, if > any, > >would guess analog or digital. > > I haven't contributed to this discussion, and am > rather reluctant, but.... > you surely have to be joking Bradley.... > I have to say without mentioning any brands, that > Rodgers Analogue organs > were certainly the most wonderful electronic organs > in their day, and > certainly better than the "Computer Organ" (of > similar vintage to the > Rodgers LTG organs) I played recently for a service > in another church. > However: The very nature of the tone generation > system and unit keying > demanded that the mixtures were all out of tune, and > very harsh as a > result. As well as that, the sterility associated, > not with ENSEMBLE (for > it was the best) but with tonal colour made the > organs of that time sound > very blah, as comparted with properly tuned and > voiced PDI technology. > There is no doubt that they were fine organs, but > compared to pipes?????? > Cheers, > Ralph Rodgers fan from the early seventies. > > ____________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe or set to vacation, > go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html > If you have any difficulty with this or PayPal, > please contact noeljones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx for help! > > Shop for Playing Guides to your Rodgers Organ at > Frog Music Press > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ____________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe or set to vacation, go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html If you have any difficulty with this or PayPal, please contact noeljones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx for help! Shop for Playing Guides to your Rodgers Organ at Frog Music Press