[rodgersorgan] Why does it take time for the organ to be ready to play?
- From: "noel jones, aago" <gedeckt@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:01:35 -0400
Going from the days of turning on the organ blower, waiting for wind
pressure from the blower to make the reservoir top raise up against its
springs or brick weights, which tripped the switch to turn on the DC
rectifier to give current to the console...took more than a couple of
seconds., Turn off the organ during the sermon and have to start a hymn
in a hurry coming out of the sermon was always an embarrassing red-faced
wait.
Then electronic organs came along that at first took a couple of seconds
for the tubes to warm up and then, with transistors, started playing
immediately.
But these organs took electronic sounds and modified them to simulate
pipe sounds.
Today's digital organs play sampled recordings of organ sounds...but
take a bit longer to start.
During a press conference for an early prototype digital organ once upon
a time, things went well until the power at the hotel failed
momentarily and the organ stopped playing and then when power came back
on the organ proceeded to make some rather unmusical sounds as the
computer reorganized itself and rebooted.
That's when the need for a MUTE circuit became obvious, and most
instruments include circuitry that prevents a fast surge of power to
extend the longevity of components. Rodgers newest amplifiers employ
some sophisticated circuitry that protects speakers, a good thing to
know.
In today's Rodgers Organs, when you turn on the organ it boots the
computer and prior to being ready to play it does at least two things:
Loads the voicing for your room and creates the random tuning? for your
playing enjoyment, each time you turn the organ on.
PS: The free book contest has our mail boxes filling quite nicely. There
is a direct link for you to use to enter the contest at the Playing MIDI
Live at the Organ web page at: www.frogmusic.com
--
noel jones, aago
athens, tennessee, usa
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