[rodgersorgan] Re: Why?
- From: Paul Soulek <soulek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 21:43:03 -0600
I would agree with some of the other list members who put their "seal of
approval" on the pipe/digital combination. Our pipe/digital combination
works great except for the problem of tuning. There isn't an automatic
tuning device (our organ was built before Rodgers included them) so it
has to be done manually. Ever try to do that when the temperature
changes week-to-week? It's not pretty. But once it's all tuned up, it
works quite well.
If I could just get the organ man to come and voice the pipes now....
Paul Soulek
Bethel Lutheran
Round Lake, MN
Richard Wildhirt wrote:
>
> Hey, organ fans. I have a question that's been bugging me since the early
> 80's about pipe/electronic combination instruments.
>
> WHY? Why would someone want to combine the real thing with electronic
> imitation? I realize that back then, pipes were used because electronics
> were incapable of adequately imitating the sound, but nowadays with digital
> technology, why would anyone try and merge the two? Just curious.
>
> My experience with a combo instrument left a bad taste in my mouth. It was
> in a Lutheran church in Reno, Nevada in the spring of '82. It was a Rodgers
> combo, four ranks of flu pipes. It was cold and snowy outside but very warm
> inside. Despite attempts with the tuning control, the electronics could not
> get tuned to the pipes. Anything I played sounded horrible. I ended up
> using only the pipes. Why, with that hassle, would that be a popuplar
> option?
>
> Richard Wildhirt
> St. Luke's Lutheran
> Federal Way, WA
> Rodgers 940/PR-300S
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