[rodgersorganusers] Re: Old Analogs
- From: organgrinder64@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:26:53 +0000
bradley;more power to you.the 330 is my all time best rodgers organ.my parent'S
church has one,though not enough speakers on it.only 2 channels and
antiphonal.it's a 6 channel organ.do you have any tapes of you playing on
it?i'd like to hear it.you're right about proper speakers. milt miller
>
> 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.
> >
> >
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