[rodgersorgan] Re: resgitrations
- From: "Richard Torlai" <rltorlai@xxxxxxx>
- To: "Rodgers2" <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 20:20:25 -0400
I don't own a digital. I have heard many though and I find their tone too
crisp, and a bit too bright for my taste. I like the analog sound. It is much
more mellow. Our church bought an older three manual Allen analog which was
traded in by a church in Plattsburg, New York. They, in turn bought an Allen
digital organ for a replacement. Well, I made contact with them to tell them
that their old organ is going to good use in a small Massachusetts Methodist
church. They, in turn told us they liked the old Allen better. It had a richer,
more mellow tone. I find that true of the Rodgers as well. That's why I bought
an older analog Rodgers over the newer digital units. But hey, to each, their
own. They are all there for us to play for the people and so we shall...so we
shall.
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Stiles
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 5:51 PM
To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [rodgersorgan] Re: resgitrations
Let me add to this discussion a little thought about the digital vs. =
pipe
divide. Our church recently purchased a Rodgers 751 digital organ. For =
the
past 5 years I have been playing the church's analog Allen organ made =
about
40 years ago. No, we don't have pipes but I have to say the music that
comes from this digital organ is simply beautiful. So I wouldn't rank =
pipe
organs over digital organs by a long stretch. It is just a different =
form
of an already beautiful musical instrument. The wonderful lady who sold =
us
our organ plays a Rodgers digital connected to real pipes. Is it
beautiful!?! OF course, it is. But, the organ I play can also produce
beautiful music. Would I turn down pipes? Never in a million years. =
But I
also realize that the cost of true pipe organs is prohibitively high for
smaller churches. So I would say the digital organ is bringing a =
facsimile
of the sound of a "true pipe" organ to people who may have never =
experienced
it. That in my book is a true plus!
Keith Stiles
-----Original Message-----
From: rodgersorgan-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rodgersorgan-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of noel jones
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 4:59 PM
To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [rodgersorgan] Re: resgitrations
God's Instrument?
Richard, you made me smile!
There have been those that think THE organ is an instrument of the
devil...and I=20
agree...to both.
It can be either.
Now as to whether the Pipe Organ itself is "better" than anything =
else...and
before we get a battle going...
There is no such thing as a pipe organ or a digital organ to people who =
are=20
listening. And if they are listening to it because it IS a pipe...they =
have
their priorities in a strange place...unless it is an academic situation
where=20
the product is not being studied but instead the process.
The pipe organ you are playing now is the best organ in your opinion =
because
it=20
is the best one you are playing.
If you were playing a wonderful, musical digital organ and a poor, tiny, =
underwinded, barely maintained pipe organ in a room with pew cushions,
carpet,=20
heavy curtains and so on...and still felt this poor example of a pipe =
organ
was=20
the best organ, God's Instrument...I'd say you are on the wrong list! =
But
you=20
wouldn't be removed for this belief.
That raises the other bizarre question of when does a pipe organ become =
a
pipe=20
organ! If it has pipes is it a pipe organ? If it has digital and
pipes...are=20
only a few of the stops God's Stops?
What maskes this even more interesting is that there are those who will =
tell
you=20
that the best organ in the world is the one in Atlantic City, the =
largest
organ=20
of the world. Ask them if they have ever heard it.
Do we need to mark the Devil's stops in red and God's in black, like we =
do
reeds=20
and flues?
Or is that why they are those colors in the first place.
Like I said, you made me smile.
Last evening I had to tell a recording engineer that the recording of =
the
organ=20
and choir was not ruined because of a bad woofer on the last note.
It was the 32' Bombard...rattling away like a real pipe. Would it be
devilishh=20
to take away the godliness of it by voicing out the pipe noise?
Some one once said something about God creating Man to give him =
something=20
humorous...I know someone can come up with the correct quote.
But now. Tell us who appointed the pipe organ as God's Instrument. It's =
a
slow=20
Tuesday, wet and rainy here and hot and hazy other places in the =
Northern=20
Hemisphere and I don't even want to think about the weather in the =
Southern
one....
--=20
noel jones, aago
athens, tennessee, usa
423 887-7594
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