Owner`s manual
USING
THE
CONTINUO
AND
SOLO:
Some
very
interesting effects
are
made
possible with
these
two
accessory
devices
.
A.
Suppose
you
wish
to
playa
solo
on
the
Swell
OBOE,
with accompaniment
on
the
Great
FLUTE
CELESTE
II
and
GEMSHORN,
with
an
appropriate
Pedal.
1.
Draw
the
Swell
OBOE
and
TREMULANT.
Draw
the
Great
FLUTE
CELESTE
II
and
the
GEMSHORN
.
Draw
the
Pedal
BOURDON
DOUX
16'
and
the
GREAT
TO
PEDAL
W
Press
CONTINUO
and
SOLO
pistons.
2.
Play
on
the Great manual.
The
lowest
note
being
played
will
sound
the
Pedal
combination,
the
highest note will
sound
the
OBOE,
and
the
notes
between
will
play
the accompaniment
from
the
Great.
B.
Suppose
you
wish
to
"solo out"
the
tune of a
hymn
on
the
Festival
Trumpet,
but
wish
to
have
both
hands
on
the
Great.
1.
Select
the
Swell
FESTIVAL
TRUMPET.
Use
Memory
I,
General
10
of
the
factory settings for Great
and
Pedal
voices.
Press
the
SOLO
piston.
2.
Play
the
hymn
on
the Great Manual.
The
top-note
melody
will
be
played
on
the
FESTIVAL
TRUMPET
while
the
remainder of
the
notes
will
sound
the
selected
Great
stops.
The
Pedal
will play normally.
3.
Press
CONTINUO.
Now
the
Pedal
combination will play from
the
lowest
Great
key.
The
entire
piece
can
now
be
played
on
the
Great Manual
keys
alone.
Experimentation will
reveal
many special effects
and
useful Improvisational techniques impossible
on
less
advanced
organ
systems.
SOSTENUTO
The
Sostenuto
allows a
chord
to
be
sustained without holding
the
keys
down.
There
are
times
when
a sustained
chord
is
necessary
overlayed
by
arpeggios or other moving melodic or harmonic activity.
This
is
quite frequently
found
in
piano transcriptions of orchestral accompaniments for choral
works
.
To
engage
the
Sostenuto,
press
the
SOSTENUTO
piston.
While
holding a
chord
on
the
Great Manual, slide
yoUI'
right foot
(placed
on
the
Great
expression
pedal)
towards
the
left.
You
will
feel
a small
toe
switch.
Pressing
and
holding
the
switch will
engage
the
Sostenuto
on
the
Great Manual.
Now
remove
your
hand
from
the
Great
keyboard
and
you
will notice that
the
chord
continues to
sound
.
To
disengage
the
sound,
release
the
toe
switch.
Any
number of
notes
can
be
held.
You
will
also
find the Sostenuto useful to sustain a chord
when
making a registration
change
that requires
two
hands
to
complete or
when
changing
pages
of
music.
The
Sostenuto
will effect all
stops
and
couplers
on
the Great Manual.
ALTERNATE
MIXTURE
PISTONS
Very
often,
in
modern
organs,
Mixture
stops
which
are
appropriate for the playing of great
organ
literature
are
too
high
pitched, or of
the
wrong harmonic
emphasis
to
be
useful
in
an
accompanimental role.
For
example,
the
Swell
PLEIN
JEU-which
is
used
in
choral accompaniments
as
well
as
for a complementary
harmoniC
crown
to
the
Reeds.
The
choral
accompaniment
would
require
lower
pitches to
blend
with
the
voices,
whereas
the
Reed
Chorus
needs
high,
sharper mix-
ture
tone
to
add
the
essential eclat to this exciting
sound.
ALTERNATE
MIXTURE
pistons
solve
this
problem
.
For
each
manual Mixture stop
on
the
NEWPORT
830,
there
is
a lighted
ALT
MIX
piston.
When
operated,
it
directs
the
microprocessor to
assign
a completely different Mixture-different
in
pitch
and
structure-to
the
Mixture draw
knob
with
which
it
'
is
associated, In
the
unaltered state,
the
Mixtures
are
in
the
lower,
more
"accompanimental" form.
When
the
ALT
MIX
is
pressed,
it
lights
and
indicates that
the
altered state-higher pitched
and
brighter composition-is
in
effect.
The
ALTERNATE
MIXTURE
pistons
may
be
set
on
their respective divisional pistons or
on
the
Generals.
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