Owner`s manual
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RODGERS
PIPES
Your
Rodgers
organ's
microprocessor
has
be
en programmed
to
accept
the
addition of 2,
4,6,8,
or
seventeen
ranks
of
Rodgers
pipes.
Stops
that
are
programmed
to
play
pipes
are
marked
with
an
asterisk
in
the
specification
page
at
the
end
of this
book.
By
using
Pipes
Off
and
Ancillary
On
stop
tablets
those
voices
can
be
set
to
play
pipes,
electronic
voices,
or
both.
At
the
Heart of
Rodgers
tradition of
organ
building
are
the
pipes,
exquisitely built from
th
e finest materials.
Our
techniques
originate with
old
world
organ
builders,
whose
pipe
making
methods
go
back
centuries. Their
experience
led
to
Rodgers
' integrated pipe
augmented
designs
,
which
combine
time-honored
pipe
practices with electronic
technology.
To
preserve
the
classical pipe making practices,
we
keep
cut-ups
as
low
as
possible
and
use
low
wind
pressures.
This
allows
the
whole
pipe
to
resonate with greater
richness
of
tone
,
and
provides a rich pallet of
harmonics.
Perhaps
the
most crucial
step
in
pipe
making
is
the scaling.
Pipes
are
variable
scaled,
or
sized,
according
to
the
specific requirements for their role
in
the
tonal
scheme
.
Variable
mouths,
cut-ups
and
tapering
are
used
in
the
scaling,
tailoring
each
rank
to
its
most
useful musicality.
The
resulting effect
is
a
sound
much
more
full-bodied
and
emphatic
than
the
siz
e
or
number of ranks
would
suggest.
Finally,
when
all
the
ranks
of
pipes
have
been
completed
and
passed
numerous
inspections,
they
are
rcady
for
installation.
Under
the
strict supervision of
Rodgers
experts,
pipes
are
voiced
according
to
the
specific characteristics of
their surroundings.
It
is
this classic
blend
that
makes
the
Rodgers
Pipe
Augmented
organ a stunning masterpiece of visual
and
accoustical art.
SPECIAL FEATURES
TURN-ON/TURN-OFF
To
turn
the
organ
on,
press
the
POWER
switch firmly
and
release
it. During
the
short delay
in
turning
on,
your
organ's
microprocessor
t.ests
your instrument to
insure
proper operation
in
accordance
with its specifications,
then
the
power
switch lights
up
and
the
organ
is
rcady
to
play.
Should
the
microprocessor test
uncover
problems
in
the
instrument's
operation,
it
will not turn
on.
If
repeated
attempts fail
to
light
up
your
instrument's
power
switch, contact
an
authorized
Rodgers
dealer or
serviceman.
To
turn off
the
organ,
press
and
release
the
POWER
switch
again.
The
organ
automatically turns itself off
if
left idle for
more
than
two
hours
. Just before turning off.
the
computer
f18shes
the
POWER
lamp
as
a warning
to
the
organist.
Pressing
any
piston
or
key
will
prevent
the
organ
from
turning off for
another
two
hoUl's
.
This
feature
prevents
the
organ
from
being
left
on
by
mistake.
COUPLERS
There
are
two
kinds of couplers
on
your
Rodgers
organ:
intermanual
and
intramanual
couplers.
The
function of
an
Intermanual
Coupl
er
is
to
enable
the
stops
of
one
division or
keyboard
to
be
played
on
another
keyboard
or the pedalboard. Examples of Intermanual
Couplers
are
SWELL
TO
GREAT
8'
and
SWELL
TO
GREAT
4~
Intra-
manual couplers allow
voices
to
be
played
at a different pitch
level
or
levels
on
those
voices'
home
manual. Examples of
lntramanual
Couplers
are
SWELL
TO
SWELL
16'
and
SWELL
TO
SWELL
4~
Couplers
greatly
increase
the
flexibility of
the
NEWPORT
830.
DUAL
MEMORY
COMBINATION
ACTION
One
of
the
exciting features of your
Rodgers
organ
is
its combination action
which
is
adjustable
by
the
organist
from
the
console.
The
organist
can
select favorite registrations
and
make
rapid
changes
in
tone
color using this
advanced
system
.
Rodgers
Microprocessor Combination Action
is
a specially refined dual memory
syst
em.
This
gives
the
organist a
total of
20
General
pistons
and
ten
independent Divisional pistons
each
for
the
Swell,
Great.
and
Pedal.
The
pistons
can
only
be
set
if
the
organist
possesses
the
proper
code
for unlocking
the
combination action's
memo-
ries.
For
further information
see
the
section
below.
Both
memories
can
be
used
at
any
time,
but
they
can
only
be
changed
if
the
proper
code
is
used.
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