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  • Page 1 657 / 677 Owner’s Manual Copyright ©2003 Rodgers Instruments LLC...

  • Page 3: Safety Instructions

    SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightening flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of un-insulated “dangerous voltage” within the products enclosure that may be sufficient to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The lightening flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the CAUTION;...

  • Page 5: Fcc Notice

    FCC NOTICE Radio and Television Interference Rodgers Trillium organs use and generate small amounts of radio-frequency (RF) energy. The instrument complies with the limits set for Class B computing devices. FCC Rules, Part 15, Subpart J define the limits for radio and television interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 6: Notice To Users

    ©Copyright 2003. Rodgers Instruments LLC, a member of the Roland Group. All rights reserved. Rodgers®, Rodgers Classic Organs®, Dimensional Sound Modeling®, Voice Palette™, DVM™, PDI™, and TrueChimes Sampling™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Rodgers Instruments LLC, Hillsboro, Oregon. RSS® is a registered trademark of the Roland Corporation.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS FCC Notice ......................i Radio and Television Interference ..................i Notice to users ....................ii Introduction......................1 How to Use this Manual ......................1 Quick tour......................2 Console Controls........................2 Turn On/Turn Off ........................3 Manuals and Pedalboard ......................3 Activating Stops........................3 Couplers ..........................4 Intermanual Couplers ..........................4 Melody Coupler ............................4 Bass Coupler ............................5 General Cancel........................6...
  • Page 8 Valve Release........................14 Adjusting Valve Release Time ..................14 Aux In To...........................14 Adjusting Aux In To ......................14 Main To..........................15 Adjusting Main To ..........................15 Alt To ..........................15 Adjusting Alt To.............................15 Ambience Ret........................16 Adjusting Ambience Ret ........................16 Div Volume........................16 Adjusting Div Volume ...........................16 Out Pan..........................16 Adjusting Out Pan ..........................17 Ambience Level .........................17 Adjusting Ambience Level........................17...
  • Page 9 Minimum Expression......................27 Setting Minimum Expression.........................27 Setting GT/PD Enclosed/Unenclosed ....................27 Voice Palette ........................28 Making a Voice Palette Selection ......................28 Locking/Unlocking the Voice Palette ....................29 Resetting Voice Palette Selections ......................32 Master Volume Control .....................32 Adjusting Master Volume ........................32 Audio Save.........................32 Saving Audio Control Settings.......................32 Stereo Headphone Jack ......................33 Adjusting Headphone Volume .......................33 Auxiliary Controls ......................33...
  • Page 10 Saving a Combination Memory......................51 Restoring a Combination Memory ......................52 Specifications ....................53 Rodgers 657 Stop Specification..................53 Rodgers 677 Stop Specification..................54 Rodgers 657 and 677 Console Dimensions ...............55 657 Dimensions............................55 677 Dimensions............................56 Factory Default Combination Settings............57 Restoring All Other Factory Default Combination Settings..............57 Recalling the Last-Saved Version of the General Menu and ORCH/MIDI Menu Settings ....57...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    As highly sophisticated as the Rodgers 657/677 is, the features are easy to use, creating a most satisfying musical experience for the player and listener. To keep abreast of the latest news and other items of interest, visit the Rodgers website at www.rodgersinstruments.com.

  • Page 12: Quick Tour

    QUICK TOUR This section provides an overview of the basic operations of the Rodgers 657/677. Console Controls Console controls for the 657 and the 677 are illustrated in Figures 1-4. Figure 1. 657 Console Controls Figure 2. 677 Console Controls...

  • Page 13: Turn On/Turn Off

    Turn On/Turn Off To turn the organ on: Press the top part ( | )of the On/Off switch. RODGERS 657/677 appears in the Console Display. The organ performs a self-diagnostic test of its systems during the next few seconds. When completed, the Console Display reads TRANSPOSER 0.

  • Page 14: Couplers

    Sometimes, however, it is difficult to separate the hands on two manuals. For this reason, the Rodgers Melody coupler was devised. When a Melody coupler is activated, the highest note played on the Great manual uses a registration from the Swell.

  • Page 15: Bass Coupler

    Bass Coupler The Bass coupler is much like the Melody coupler described above, except that it adds the Pedal registration to the lowest note played on the Great manual. This allows you to easily add a Pedal part to anything played on the Great manual. The Bass coupler is located on a console tab labeled BASS ON GREAT, and lights when engaged.

  • Page 16: General Cancel

    Your Rodgers organ has factory-set registrations on many pistons—try them! However, each of the available pistons in the Rodgers combination action can be easily changed to suit your particular needs and tastes. The next section introduces this extremely useful system and illustrates how to make use of its many features.

  • Page 17: Setting A Piston

    Setting a Piston The Rodgers 657/677 is equipped with factory registrations, each of which can be used for a wide variety of wonderful musical effects. However, the contents of any piston can be easily changed to suit your particular needs.

  • Page 18: Unlocking Or Locking A Combination Memory Level

    4. Release the memory piston. The memory is now unlocked. Reversibles The Rodgers 657/677 is equipped with a number of reversible controls, so named because pressing them once will activate them, pressing them again will turn them off. These reversibles, located on thumb and toe pistons, are especially useful in a performance when you want to quickly activate or remove a single coupler, stop or other setting.

  • Page 19: Expression Shoes And Controls

    Expression Shoes and Controls The Rodgers 657/677 has two expression shoes that are used to control the volume of the organ. The left shoe normally controls the volume of the Great and Pedal divisions and the right shoe controls the volume of the Swell division.

  • Page 20: Tutti

    To cancel Tutti, press the Tutti piston again, or press Cancel (0). ORCH/MIDI Couplers The ORCH/MIDI couplers on the Rodgers 657/677 allow the organist great flexibility and creativity with tonal resources beyond pipe organ stops. The ORCH/MIDI couplers are rocker tabs labeled ORCH/MIDI GREAT, ORCH/MIDI SWELL, and ORCH/MIDI PEDAL.

  • Page 21: Features

    Rodgers instrument. Console Displays and Controls The Rodgers 657/677 is equipped with an informative display for many of the console functions described in this section. The Console Display normally indicates the Transposer setting, but it can be used to adjust many other controls and preferences including MIDI settings, Voice Palette selections, Dimensional Sound Modeling parameters, Tremulant rate and depth, and many others.

  • Page 22: Console Menu Maps

    Locked A=440, See page 20 for more information. Adjustable, Manual Only VALVE RELEASE OFF, 1 – 8 A voicing adjustment for the Rodgers Dealer/ Installer. Changing this setting is not recommended. See page 14 for more information. RANDOM -7 – 8...
  • Page 23 0 – 127 See page 32 for more information. VOLUME OUT PAN INT, EXT Line Out Pan; an adjustment for the Rodgers Dealer/Installer. Changing this setting is not -64 – 63 recommended. See page 16 for more information. AMBIENCE MAIN, ALT, AUX...

  • Page 24: Saving General Menu Changes

    ANCILLARY OFF, ON PARAMETER <-> NONE Press SET to send MIDI parameters. MIDI <SET> TO SEND DEMO SONG SONG 1-9 Press SET to activate; press SET again to pause PLAYER the music. Press Cancel (0) to stop the Demo Song, and press (0) again to exit the Demo Song menu.

  • Page 25: Main To

    ON or OFF. Alt To The Rodgers 657/677 is equipped with two separate sets of audio outputs in the rear of the instrument. These outputs are the Main and Alternate outputs. Adjusting the ALT TO parameters determines if the audio on the Alternate audio outputs will be heard on the internal or external speakers.

  • Page 26: Ambience Ret

    Ambience Ret Ambience return gives you the ability to determine how the ambience created via Room Modeling (see page 34) will be sent to speakers inside and outside of your organ. Specifically, the internal and external, left and right speakers can be assigned to play front or rear, left or right ambience.

  • Page 27: Adjusting Out Pan

    Adjusting Out Pan 1) Press and hold the SET piston. 2) Rotate the Select knob counter-clockwise until INT/EXT OUT PAN is shown in the display window and the flashing cursor is on either the numerical value. 3) Rotate the ALPHA dial to change the panning. A value of -64 pans the audio to the far left while a value of 63 pans the audio to the far right.

  • Page 28: Adjusting Bass

    3) Rotate the ALPHA dial to change the amount of treble. A value of -15 cuts the treble frequencies the most while a value of 15 boosts the treble the most. A value of 0 neither boosts nor cuts the treble. To select INT or EXT treble adjustment: 1) Turn the Select knob two clicks counter-clockwise so that the flashing cursor is on the word INT or EXT.
  • Page 29 ORCH/MIDI Menu Map ORCH/MIDI MENU MAP (CLOCKWISE) Menu Settings Comments DIVISION PED, GT, SW ORCH, MIDI If MIDI is selected, the menu continues as shown in the MIDI menu list below. If ORCH is selected, the menu continues as shown in the Orchestral Voices menu on page 24.

  • Page 30: Tuning

    Tuning The Rodgers 657/677 is set to standard concert pitch (A=440.0Hz). However, it can easily and quickly be tuned flat or sharp to match the pitch of another musical instrument, such as a piano or harp. In instruments augmented with pipes, the Tuning feature can be used to bring the electronics in tune with the pipes.

  • Page 31: Melody And Bass Couplers

    Organ stops are grouped into four main families: Principals, Flutes, Strings and Reeds. Each of these families is well represented on your Rodgers instrument. The Principal family is the group of stops unique to the organ; they aren’t imitative of other instruments.

  • Page 32: Other Families

    Pitch Designations Each of the stops and couplers on your Rodgers 657/677 has a pitch designation, listed in “feet,” (8’, 4’, 16’, etc.). 8’ refers to concert pitch; the pitch of a note played on an 8’ stop will be identical to the pitch of the same note played on a piano.

  • Page 33: Celeste Ranks

    Mutation Common name Relationship to concert pitch 2-2/3’ Nazard one octave and a fifth above 1-3/5’ Tierce two octaves and a third above 1-1/3’ Quintflöte two octaves and a fifth above Mutations are most commonly from the flute family and are often used with other flute stops in solo registrations or ensembles used in early organ music.

  • Page 34: Orchestral/Midi Couplers

    Swell Manual. Orchestral/MIDI Couplers The Rodgers 657/677 has a large number of internal Orchestral voices accessible through the rocker tabs labeled ORCH/MIDI GREAT, ORCH/MIDI SWELL, or ORCH/MIDI PEDAL. These Orchestral voices are listed below. The Orchestral voices can be played alone or with organ stops.

  • Page 35: Temperaments

    The Rodgers 657/677 offers a choice of eight temperaments: Equal, Mean-Tone, Kirnberger, Werckmeister I, Werckmeister III, Young I, Young II and Pythagorean. This selection of temperaments allows the organist to hear these historical works as their composers heard them, or to explore the application of unequal temperament to new music.

  • Page 36: Selecting A Temperament

    Thus, the tuning of the instrument is a little different each time it is powered on, as it would be with a pipe organ. The amount of Random Detuning present in the organ is set by a Rodgers representative during final voicing.

  • Page 37: Minimum Expression

    Minimum Expression The minimum volume of each division when its expression shoe is closed can be adjusted to suit specific musical needs or personal tastes. There are three expression settings: NORMAL, ppp, pppp. These settings affect the volume of the division when the expression shoe is completely closed.

  • Page 38: Voice Palette

    See “Audio Save” on page 32. Voice Palette Some of the speaking stops on the Rodgers 657/677 have alternate voices that can be selected and used in performance via Rodgers’ exclusive Voice Palette feature. Voice Palette gives you a tremendous amount of added flexibility;...

  • Page 39: Locking/Unlocking The Voice Palette

    Locking/Unlocking the Voice Palette To lock/unlock the Voice Palette: 1. Press and hold the SET piston. 2. Turn the select knob until VOICE PALETTE appears in the display. 3. Rotate the Alpha dial until LOCKED, or UNLOCKED appears in the display. 4.
  • Page 40 Using a stop containing a Voice Palette alternative will play either the default voice OR the Voice Palette alternative voice. For example, the Pedal Bourdon 8’ stop can be set to play either the Bourdon 8’ voice OR the Trumpet 8’ voice, but not both voices simultaneously.
  • Page 41 A complete listing of 677 stops and their Voice Palette alternatives (if any) follows. 677 STOP LIST WITH VOICE PALETTE ALTERNATIVES DIVISION STOP VOICE PALETTE ALTERNATIVES Great: Bourdon 16’ Violone 16’ Principal 8’ Rohrflöte 8’ Gemshorn 8' Octave 4’ Spitzflöte 4’ Super Octave 2’...

  • Page 42: Resetting Voice Palette Selections

    Resetting Voice Palette Selections All stops return to the voices they were last saved as when the organ is turned off, or when you press and hold Cancel (‘0’) and momentarily press SET (this Reset procedure also returns MIDI couplers to their last saved status and returns Temperament to Equal). Master Volume Control Special situations and individual preferences sometimes require a temporary change in the overall volume of the organ.

  • Page 43: Stereo Headphone Jack

    Auxiliary Controls The Rodgers 657/677 is equipped with stereo auxiliary input jacks (one for the left channel and one for the right channel) located on the connector panel under the keydesk to the right. When using these input jacks, audio signals from other sound generating devices like synthesizers, MIDI sound modules, and tape players are mixed into the organ’s main audio system.

  • Page 44: Room Modeling

    The sound that reaches our ears directly and the sound that reaches us with some delay after it reflects off of walls and other surfaces. A component of Dimensional Sound Modeling, the Rodgers Sound Modeling™ system allows you to specify the acoustic you desire for the 657/677.

  • Page 45: Midi (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)

    It allows the user to access the capabilities of another MIDI-compatible device, such as a MIDI sound module or a MIDI sequencer. The MIDI couplers on Rodgers Allegiant organs connect and transmit digital information between the keyboard controller and a MIDI sound module, allowing the musician to access these additional voices and effects in performance or recording through sequencing.

  • Page 46: Tone

    The Great MIDI coupler normally sends on MIDI channel 1, however, it can be set to send on any of the 16 available MIDI channels. All of the channels for other couplers are fixed. Following are the MIDI coupler tabs and their MIDI channels: Division Coupler MIDI Channel...
  • Page 47 4. Press the corresponding key on the Great, Swell or Pedal manual. (A quick-reference keyboard tone chart is provided with the owner’s manual of the Rodgers PR300S sound module/sequencer.) Program Changes 1-61 are sent by the Great keys, 62-122 by the Swell keys, and 123-128 by the Pedal.
  • Page 48 Saving a MIDI Sound in a Combination Piston Once a MIDI sound has been selected for a MIDI coupler tab, the same Program Change and Bank Select messages are sent each time the coupler piston is activated. A selected MIDI sound on a MIDI coupler tab can be saved on a General or Divisional combination piston for immediate recall.

  • Page 49: Octave Shift

    Rodgers organs can send out a constant (fixed) velocity value from the keyboard, a changeable velocity value sent relative to the position of the expression shoe, or a keyboard- responsive velocity controlled by the actual force of the fingers.
  • Page 50 To summarize: • Fixed Velocity (keyboard sends a fixed value between 2-127) • Expression Velocity (velocity value is controlled by the position of the expression shoe) • Keyboard Velocity (keyboard responds to velocity from player’s fingers) Fixed Velocity With Fixed Velocity, the same velocity value is used for all notes played by a MIDI coupler.
  • Page 51 velocity are set to full, the instrument will be significantly louder than when using a lower fixed velocity value. Selecting Expression Velocity To set a coupler to Expression Velocity mode: 1. Press and hold the SET piston. 2. Press the desired ORCH/MIDI tab (SWELL, GREAT, or PEDAL). The tab flashes, indicating a MIDI setting can be made.

  • Page 52: Foot Switch

    The velocity selection procedure is complete. Combination pistons that are set while the MIDI coupler is activated will also store the velocity setting. A MIDI Save may be performed to save this setting as the default. See “MIDI Save” on page 51. Foot Switch The 657/677 is equipped with a foot switch that can be programmed to control one of three MIDI effects: Sustain, Sostenuto or Soft.

  • Page 53: Reverb

    Setting the Pan value for a MIDI Coupler To set the Pan value for a MIDI coupler: 1. Press and hold the SET piston. 2. Press the desired ORCH/MIDI tab (SWELL, GREAT, or PEDAL). The tab flashes, indicating a MIDI setting can be made. This is called the MIDI Set Mode.

  • Page 54: Expression

    2. Press the desired ORCH/MIDI tab (SWELL, GREAT, or PEDAL). The tab flashes, indicating a MIDI setting can be made. This is called the MIDI Set Mode. 3. Turn the Select knob until CHORUS appears in the display. 4. Rotate the Alpha dial to select the desired Chorus value. 5.

  • Page 55: Global Midi Settings

    MIDI sound module. However, the stops and divisions of the Rodgers 657/677 can also be recorded by a sequencer and played back, either with or without sounds from an external sound module.

  • Page 56: Registrations

    657/677 sends and receives MIDI information related to registrations. This information can be used to control the stops and couplers of a separate Rodgers organ or, more commonly, can be recorded by a sequencer (along with the note and volume information on the Master Channels) and then recreated during playback.
  • Page 57 7. Press General Cancel (‘0’) to exit. Using Pistons to Control a Second Rodgers Console In cases where two Rodgers organs are available, it is possible to play either or both instruments from one location. This configuration is often seen in situations where two Rodgers organs are installed in the same building.

  • Page 58: Local On/Off

    However, the instrument still transmits MIDI information that can be recorded or used to control a separate Rodgers organ. This feature can be used to silence the Master console completely when one Rodgers organ is used to control another Rodgers console.

  • Page 59: Setting Velocity Sensitivity

    When the Continue message is received, the stored expression value is restored, ensuring that the sequence continues to play at the correct volume. Most hardware sequencers (like the Rodgers PR-300S) transmit the Start, Stop and Continue values automatically unless you manually disable them. Some software sequencers may need to have the Start/Stop/Continue transmission enabled from within their MIDI configuration menus.

  • Page 60: Midi Device Id

    There are three MIDI jacks on the 657/677, labeled MIDI IN/OUT/THRU. They are located on the black input/output box underneath the keydesk to the right. Connect a sequencer or sequencer/sound module combination (such as the Rodgers PR-300S) to the MIDI IN/OUT ports on the organ. The sequencer must not be in Soft Thru mode.

  • Page 61: Midi Save

    MIDI Save Many changes to MIDI settings are temporary and are lost when the organ is turned off. However, the MIDI Save procedure can store many of these new settings as the default, so that the change is retained when the organ is powered off. Please note that there are a few MIDI settings that cannot be changed and saved using the MIDI Save procedure.

  • Page 62: Restoring A Combination Memory

    M e m o r y C o p i e d T o S e q u e n c e r P o r t Wait five seconds, then perform steps 3 and 4 above to send another memory to the sequencer, if desired.

  • Page 63: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Rodgers 657 Stop Specification GREAT (Manual I) SWELL (Manual II) PEDAL Bourdon 16’ (Violone 16’) Geigen Principal 8’ (Viola 8’) Violone 16’ Principal 8’ Bourdon 8’ Subbass 16’ Gedackt 8’ (Gemshorn 8') Viole Celeste II 8’ (Flûte Celeste II 8’) Octave 8’...

  • Page 64: Rodgers 677 Stop Specification

    Rodgers 677 Stop Specification GREAT (Manual I) SWELL (Manual II) PEDAL Bourdon 16’ (Violone 16’) Geigen Principal 8’ (Viola 8’) Principal 16’ (Violone 16’) Principal 8’ Bourdon 8’ Subbass 16’ Rohrflöte 8’ (Gemshorn 8') Viole Celeste II 8’ (Flûte Celeste II 8’) Octave 8’...

  • Page 65: Rodgers 657 And 677 Console Dimensions

    Rodgers 657 and 677 Console Dimensions 657 Dimensions...

  • Page 66: 677 Dimensions

    677 Dimensions...

  • Page 67: Factory Default Combination Settings

    FACTORY DEFAULT COMBINATION SETTINGS The Rodgers 657/677 is shipped from the factory with default settings in combination memories M1, M2. Registrations of these memories can be changed, but if the original factory default settings are desired, they can be restored by the following procedure: 1) Press and hold a memory select piston (M1 or M2) for approximately five seconds.

  • Page 68: Demonstration Tools

    7. Pressing General Cancel (‘0’) twice during playback or once from a paused state will exit the Demo song menu. The Rodgers 657/677 is equipped with two separate sets of audio outputs in the rear of the instrument. These outputs are the Main and Alternate outputs. Individual stops or voices can be routed to both or either one of these outputs.

  • Page 69: Pipe Interfacing

    5. CABLE LENGTHS: Because of MIDI limitations, there is a 50’ maximum length between the console and the pipe-controller. 6. Outside of these limitations, software can be programmed as flexibly as on the rest of the Rodgers product lineup. Ask your Rodgers dealer or authorized technician if you have further technical questions.

  • Page 70: Care And Maintenance

    Your new Rodgers organ is not only a fine musical instrument, but also a fine piece of custom- made furniture finished to hold its attractiveness through generations of use. Only the best woods are used, carefully checked for uniformity of grain and intensity of figure, and carefully hand assembled.
  • Page 72 Index auxiliary inputs Master Tuning, 20 adjusting, 33 for pipe augmentation, 20 basic operations, 2 Master Volume, 32 chorus menus MIDI, 43 console, 11 cleaning keyboards and stop tabs, 59 MIDI combination memory coupler pistons, 36 saving via MIDI, 51 device ID, 50 connecting a sequencer, 51 note velocity, 40...
  • Page 73 sequencer, connecting, 51 selecting, 26 shift well, 25 octave, 39 toe pistons, 8 shoes, 9 Transposer, 9, 11 shutter thickness, 27 tremulants stereo headphone jack, 33 purpose of, 9 sustain, 42 velocity sustain switch, 42 MIDI, 40 switch Voice Palette, 1, 11, 28 sustain, 42 accessing, 28 temperaments, 25...
  • Page 76 INSTRUMENTS LLC 1905-307B 1300 N.E. 25 AVENUE, HILLSBORO, OREGON 97124 • (503) 648-4181...

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