Our language is the sound of vowels interspersed with consonants. Organ Flue pipes (flutes, principals and strings...) are voiced some to have consonant speech , others to have a smooth vowel sound only. These consonant stops like the Nason Gedeckt and Holz Gedeckt have a wonderful cheery quality about them as they bite air when played. It is often effective to play one of the stops alone on a hymn tune, leaving little bits of air and punctuating the musical line with the attack. One other aspect of speech is present in reeds. In speaking many languages, a rise in pitch on the last word implies a question. Reeds often fall in pitch when released...this effect can be controlled by you the organist by adjusting valve release in many Rodgers. -- noel jones, aago athens, tennessee, usa ------------------------------- frog music press rodgers organ users group www.frogmusic.com * Frog Music Press Introduces two new books: Hymn Tune and Classical Duets for Organ and Piano (or PR-300) ---- To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html