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  • Page 1 Rodgers T837 Owner’s Manual Copyright © Rodgers Instruments LLC...

  • Page 2: Safety Instructions

    Do not use this instrument near water i.e. near a When setting up with other instruments or peripherals, swimming pool or a damp/wet room. follow the procedures in accordance with Rodgers’ owner’s manual. Use of this instrument, either alone or in combination...

  • Page 3: 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 A computing devices. FCC Rules, Part 15, Subpart J define the limits for radio and television interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 4: Notice To Users

    Richmond, B.C. V6V 2M4 (604) 270-6332 ©Copyright 1999. Rodgers Instruments LLC, a member of the Roland Group. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. QuickMenu™, Rodgers®, Rodgers Classic Organs®, Digital Dynamic Wind™, Dimensional Sound Modeling®, Parallel Digital Imaging®, Voice Palette™, DVM™, PDI™, TrueChimes™, and Trillium™...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS......................III FCC NOTICE..........................IV Radio and Television Interference ................... iv INTRODUCTION......................... 1 FEATURES............................ 2 Turn On/Turn Off........................2 Combination Action with Four Memory Levels ............... 2 Unlocking a Combination Memory..................3 Setting Pistons ........................3 Locking a Combination Memory ..................4 Console Displays, Indicators, and Menus .................
  • Page 6 Locking Tutti........................16 Restoring Factory Tutti Setting ..................16 Melody Coupler........................16 Setting Melody Coupler Range ..................16 Bass Coupler ........................... 17 Setting Bass Coupler Range....................17 Transposer ..........................17 Master Tuning ......................... 17 Locking and Unlocking Master Tuning ................17 Adjusting Pitch........................
  • Page 7 Pipes ............................27 Pipes Off/Ancillary On......................28 Console............................ 28 Automatic Shutdown Timer ....................28 MIDI (MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE)..........29 MIDI Coupler Settings ......................29 Tone (PGM/MSB/LSB) ....................29 Previewing Various MIDI Sounds ................29 Selecting Variations ....................30 Setting Tone Names ....................30 MIDI Sounds in Combination Pistons ................
  • Page 8 Storing Additional Settings on the Card ................47 Deleting Settings from the Card..................48 Using a Personal Memory Card on Other Rodgers Organs ............ 48 Deleting a Memory from the Card ..................48 Reinitializing a Personal Memory Card .................. 48...
  • Page 9 Replacing Personal Memory Card Battery................49 RODGERS T837 STOP SPECIFICATION ................50 RODGERS T837 CONSOLE..................... 51 FACTORY DEFAULT COMBINATION SETTINGS ............52 Restoring Factory Default Combination Settings ..............52 CARE AND MAINTENANCE ....................53 Console and Pedalboard ......................53 Keyboards and Stop Tabs......................53...

  • Page 10: Introduction

    This manual will help with the exploration of the expansive capabilities and the variety of features and functions offered by this incomparable instrument. As highly sophisticated as the Rodgers T837 is, the features are easy to use and easy to access, creating a most satisfying musical experience for the player and listener alike.

  • Page 11: Features

    FEATURES To get started, here is a tour of the basic operations of the Rodgers T837: Turn On/Turn Off To turn the organ on, press the top part of the rocker switch in the left drawknob panel and hold until RODGERS T837 CLASSIC ORGAN, or your personalized greeting appears in the console display.

  • Page 12: Unlocking A Combination Memory

    Swell Divisional Great Divisional Pistons 1 – 5 Pistons 1 – 5 General Pedal Divisional Pistons Pistons 1 – 5 Figure 2. Console Piston Locations. A combination memory must be unlocked to set pistons. Once the pistons are set, the combination memory may be locked again to prevent accidental change.

  • Page 13: Locking A Combination Memory

    3. Release the memory piston. The memory is now locked. Console Displays, Indicators, and Menus The Rodgers T837 is equipped with a display for most of the console functions and separate expression, Crescendo, and Tutti indicators. The Console display indicates the Transposer setting, and it can be used to alter many other settings and organist preferences including MIDI settings, Voice Palette, and Tremulant rate and depth, among many others.

  • Page 14: Accessing Organ Control Functions With Set And Select Knob

    the hierarchy contains a list of the names of menus that are functionally related to a selected category. The third level of the hierarchy displays a menu item with a user settable field. See User Category and Menu Selections on page 6 for a complete listing of the various categories and menus.

  • Page 15: User Category And Menu Selections

    User Category and Menu Selections From QuickMenu QUICK Press and release. MENU Turn Select knob to select a desired category (it becomes highlighted). QUICK Press and turn to display a particular item. MENU Select knob Rotate the Alpha dial to change it’s setting.
  • Page 16 Category Menu Item Settings Default Comments MIDI Coupler Tone Tone Names PGM, MSB, LSB Coupler GT A, GT B, GT A PD A, PD B, See page 29. SW A, SW B Channel 1 – 16 Octave DN2 – UP2 NORM Velocity KBD, EXP, 2–127 64...
  • Page 17 Category Menu Item Settings Default Comments Audio Control -20.00 – 5.00 0.00 Master Volume Aux In Audio Main Volume OFF – 6.25 0.00 This menu appears only when headphones are Main Balance -10 – 10 0.00 disconnected. See page 24 and following.
  • Page 18 -9 – 9 Depth -9 – 9 Voice Palette Stop Select from list Selection Voice Voice list Voice name Changing stop also changes voices. See RODGERS T837 See page 22. STOP SPECIFICATION on page 50 for Stop and Voice combinations.
  • Page 19 Category Menu Item Settings Default Comments Room Size No default Room Modeling Room Stage Small hall See page 26. Med hall Sml Church Med church Lrg church Cathedral Wall Type No default Drapery Carpet Acou Tile Wood Brick Plaster Concrete Marble Rvb Lvl -20 –...

  • Page 20: Couplers

    Couplers There are two types of couplers on the Rodgers T837: intermanual and intramanual. Intermanual couplers enable stops of one division to be played on another keyboard or pedalboard. Examples of intermanual couplers are SWELL TO GREAT 16', SWELL TO GREAT 8' and SWELL TO GREAT 4'.

  • Page 21: Reversibles

    All reversible pistons light when engaged. Expression Shoes The Rodgers T837 has three shoes. The left shoe controls the expression of the Great and Pedal divisions, and the middle shoe controls the expression of the Swell division. The slightly raised shoe on the right is the Crescendo shoe. This shoe gradually adds a predetermined selection of stops as it is pressed forward.

  • Page 22: Crescendo

    Crescendo The Crescendo indicator is located to the far right above the swell manual (see Figure 1. Console Features. on page 2. This indicates the progressive stages of the Crescendo as the shoe is opened. The Crescendo must be unlocked to set a Crescendo sequence. Once the sequence is set, it may be locked again to prevent accidental change.

  • Page 23: Locking Crescendo

    There are two types of tremulant controls on the Rodgers T837. The Divisional tremulants (Great, and Swell) affect only the stops in the respective division. The Swell trem also controls a separate trem for the Voix Humaine.

  • Page 24: Adjusting Tremulant Settings

    Tutti There are times when a full organ registration is needed immediately. The Tutti on the Rodgers T837 can be set with any combination of stops. Press either the TUTTI piston or the TUTTI toe piston to access the Tutti combination.

  • Page 25: Setting Tutti

    Setting Tutti 1. Press Cancel 2. Select the desired stops. 3. Press and hold the SET piston and press the TUTTI piston. The Tutti is set. Locking Tutti 1. Press and hold the TUTTI piston for approximately five seconds until TUTTI UNLOCKED appears in the Console Display.

  • Page 26: Bass Coupler

    Select Knob. Master Tuning The Rodgers T837 can easily and quickly be tuned to a piano or musical instrument not at standard concert pitch (A=440.0). The Master Tuning adjusts one-half semitone sharp or flat. If the instrument has been augmented with pipes, the Master Tuning feature is used to bring the electronics in tune with the pipes.

  • Page 27: Adjusting Pitch

    The Rodgers T837 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 28: Selecting A Temperament

    smoothed out. Many artists now prefer Mean-Tone temperaments when performing 15th through 17th century repertoire. J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier, written in 1722 and 1738-42, is a collection of 24 paired preludes and fugues written in every major and minor key. The title refers to the use of a temperament in which all keys are satisfactorily in tune, but not necessarily an absolutely equal temperament.

  • Page 29: Wind Supply

    Even though this results in significant detuning, the human ear seems to perceive instead an increase in ensemble effect. A component of Dimensional Sound Modeling, Rodgers’ exclusive Digital Dynamic Wind emulates these characteristics by modeling the behavior of pipe organ wind regulating devices and the response of pipes to a slightly unsteady wind supply.

  • Page 30: Shutter Thickness

    Thus, the tuning is a little different, as it would be with a pipe organ, each time the organ is used. The amount of Random Detuning present in the organ is set by a Rodgers representative during final voicing. Shutter Thickness The minimum volume of each division when its Expression Shoe is closed can be adjusted to suit specific musical needs or personal tastes.

  • Page 31: Voice Palette

    Voice Palette Many of the speaking stops on the Rodgers T837 can play additional voices that are selectable through the Voice Palette menu. These voices are: Division Drawknob Voice Palette PEDAL: 32’ Contre Bourdon 32’ Contre Violone 16' Principal 16' Violone 16’...
  • Page 32 Great MIDI B* SWELL: 16’ Bourdon Doux 8' Geigen Principal 8' Geigen Diapason, Slow Strings 8’ Bourdon 8' Flûte Harmonique, SATB Choir Ah 8’ Viole Celeste II 4' Prestant 4' Fugara 4’ Koppelflöte Soprano Ah 2 2/3’ Nazard Amens, Alleluia 2’...

  • Page 33: Accessing Voice Palette

    The voices located on one stop control cannot be played simultaneously. However, a stop’s primary voice may be stored on one combination piston, and its Voice Palette selection may be stored on another combination piston. Accessing Voice Palette 1. Press and hold the SET piston. 2.

  • Page 34: Audio Save

    A u d i o C o n t r o l s M a s t e r V o l u m e 0. 0 0 3. Release the SET piston and rotate the Alpha dial to obtain the desired volume level. Note: An Audio Save may be performed to save this setting as the default.

  • Page 35: Auxiliary Controls - Inputs

    6. Rotate the Alpha dial to change the selected setting. Auxiliary Controls – Inputs The Rodgers T837 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 36: Setting Room Modeling

    Any digital sampled rank in the Rodgers T837 may be replaced by a real wind-blown pipe rank. If a limited range of pipes is available, sampled voices from the Rodgers T837 can fill out the entire range. Preparations for controlling real expression shutters are already included in the organ software.

  • Page 37: Pipes Off/Ancillary On

    Pipes Off/Ancillary On If the Rodgers T837 is equipped with pipe ranks, certain stops control pipe voices (with any electronic extensions set up during installation and voicing) and other stops control digitally sampled voices. There are two tilt tabs affecting the pipe stops of all divisions simultaneously (ANCILLARY ON and PIPES OFF).

  • Page 38: Midi (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)

    MIDI (MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE) Rodgers organs have some of the most advanced MIDI capabilities in the world, offering a great variety of sound possibilities. These sounds are accessed by the MIDI coupler pistons located on the piston rails. Two MIDI sounds can be played simultaneously in each division; Great, Swell, and Pedal.

  • Page 39: Selecting Variations

    6. Press the MIDI coupler piston or General Cancel to exit the MIDI Set mode. When in the MIDI Set mode, selecting a different Program Change number may also be done by turning the Select knob until the Program Change number is shown on the display. Rotate the Alpha dial until the desired number is selected.

  • Page 40: Saving A Midi Sound In A Combination Piston

    3. Release both pistons. MIDI Channel Using the Rodgers T837 as a MIDI keyboard controller for sequencing may require channel assignment of the MIDI GT A coupler piston. All other MIDI coupler pistons transmit on fixed channels. To reset the transmit channel of MIDI GT A, perform the following procedure.

  • Page 41: 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 42: Fixed Velocity

    Note: On instruments with wooden keyboards, keyboard velocity control is not available. Fixed Velocity The same velocity value is used for all notes of the relative keyboard or pedalboard and can be set to any value from 2 to 127. Setting Fixed Velocity 1.

  • Page 43: Keyboard Velocity

    Keyboard Velocity Keyboard velocity responds to the actual physical force of the player’s fingers. Depending on the velocity curve that is set (see Keyboard Velocity on page 39), the sound gets louder relative to the amount of force used. Organ stops are not affected by keyboard velocity. Setting Keyboard Velocity 1.

  • Page 44: Reverb

    couplers to their last saved status. This also returns Voice Palette selections of stop tabs to their defaults. Reverb An independent reverb level (from 0-127) may be set for each MIDI coupler. This value controls the reverb within the MIDI device itself, not the RSS system within the organ. To avoid potential distortion, avoid very high reverb levels.

  • Page 45: Expression

    Note: A MIDI Save may be performed to save this setting as the default. See MIDI Save on page 42. Instead of saving, you may press and hold (0) and momentarily press SET to return MIDI couplers to their last saved status. This also returns Voice Palette selections of stop tabs to their defaults.

  • Page 46: Master Channels

    Master Channels The Rodgers T837 reserves several MIDI channels for recording and playback of the organ using a MIDI sequencer. One channel is reserved for each division as shown: Great Master Channel...

  • Page 47: Registrations

    The use of piston Program Changes for stop control is most useful when controlling a Rodgers organ from a remote MIDI keyboard or when controlling a second Rodgers console other than a Rodgers T837 via MIDI.

  • Page 48: Local On/Off

    Local On/Off In the OFF position, Local control allows the organ console to play external MIDI sounds only, disabling organ voices. In the ON position, the organ functions normally. In the OFF position, organ voices can still be played by a sequencer or remote keyboard connected to the T837 MIDI IN jack.

  • Page 49: Device Id (Advanced Users Only)

    The number can be set to 1, or 17 through 32. Setting the ID to 1 produces Stop Control messages that are compatible with older Rodgers PDI and C-Series organs. The ID returns to 17 when the organ is turned off.

  • Page 50: Setting The Tonenames Parameter

    MSB, allowing you to choose a sound based on the name shown in the screen. If you use a module that does not conform to either GM or PR300S GS, or goes beyond the sounds available in those standards, you can set the Tone Names parameter to OFF. This allows you to manually set the PGM, MSB and LSB (refer to the user manual for your MIDI device to determine the numbers to use for each).

  • Page 51: Midi Settings On Combination Pistons

    • EXPRESSION (OFF/EXP/VOL; see Expression on page 36) These settings are temporary and are lost when the organ is turned off unless they are saved. Note: A MIDI Save may be performed to save a MIDI setting as the default. See MIDI Save on page 42.

  • Page 52: Saving Midi Control Settings

    Note: Instead of saving, you may press and hold (0) and momentarily press SET to return MIDI couplers to their last saved status. This also returns Voice Palette selections of stop tabs to their defaults. Saving MIDI Control Settings While in any MIDI menu, make the desired changes. 1.

  • Page 53: Midi Connections

    Note: If a Rodgers Personal Memory Card is inserted when recording or playing back combination memories, and the card memory is in use for the memory level being saved/restored, the memory is saved from or restored to the memory card rather than the internal memory.

  • Page 54: Rodgers Personal Memory Card

    This initialization process stores a small amount of information on the card that makes it recognizable as a valid Rodgers Personal Memory Card. At this point, the card is ready to be used for combination memory storage. A newly initialized card contains no combination memories as yet.

  • Page 55: Locking And Unlocking A Personal Memory Card

    Failure to do so may result in loss of information. Personal Memory Card Folders The capacity of a Rodgers Personal Memory Card is greater than that of the organ’s internal combination memory. To make easy use of this additional capacity, Rodgers uses the concept of memory folders.

  • Page 56: Storing A Crescendo Sequence And Tutti On The Card

    1. The instrument shows the Memory Card display. M e m o r y C a r d F o l d e r : M : 1 2. Rotate the Alpha dial until the desired folder appears in the display. Folders are labeled A through H.

  • Page 57: Deleting Settings From The Card

    Using a Personal Memory Card on Other Rodgers Organs The same Personal Memory Card can be used in more than one Rodgers organ with the Personal Memory Card feature. The information on the Personal Memory Card is kept separate for each organ model.

  • Page 58: Replacing Personal Memory Card Battery

    Note: Initializing a memory card erases all previously stored information on the card! Replacing Personal Memory Card Battery A 3-volt lithium battery (Rodgers part #1571-003 or Radio Shack part #23-160) is required for replacement. Replacement batteries can be obtained from your local Rodgers representative or at many camera stores.

  • Page 59: Rodgers T837 Stop Specification

    RODGERS T837 STOP SPECIFICATION GREAT (Manual I) PEDAL THUMB PISTONS Violone 16’ (Flauto Basso 16’) Contre Bourdon 32’ (Contre Violone 32’) Generals 1-10 Principal 8’ (Diapason 8’) Principal 16’ (Violone 16’) Swell Divisionals 1-5 Rohrflöte 8’ (SATB Choir Oo) Subbass 16’...

  • Page 60: Rodgers T837 Console

    RODGERS T837 CONSOLE 86.5 cm (34.1) 168.3 cm (66.3) 125.5 cm (49.4) 131.4 cm (51.8) Front Side Back...

  • Page 61: Factory Default Combination Settings

    FACTORY DEFAULT COMBINATION SETTINGS The Rodgers T837 is shipped from the factory with default settings on combination memories M1, M2, and M3. Registrations on these memories can be changed, but if original factory settings are desired, they can be restored by the following procedure: Restoring Factory Default Combination Settings 1.

  • Page 62: 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 63 Index accessing MIDI, 29 setting, 3 acoustics, 27 unlocking, 3 additional settings combination settings deleting from card, 48 restoring defaults, 52 storing on card, 47 connecting a sequencer, 44 All Swells expression shoe, 12 console and control settings, changing, 5 ancillary on, 28 console dimensions, 51 antiphonal speaker system, 27...
  • Page 64 MIDI coupler pistons, 42 hold default combination settings see Sustain, 34 restoring, 52 information on menus defining a room getting, 5 Room Modeling, 27 interference deleting a memory, 47 radio and TV, iv detuning intermanual couplers, 11 random, 20 intramanual couplers, 11 device ID keyboards and stop tabs, cleaning, 53 MIDI, 40...
  • Page 65 MENU piston, 5 multitrack mode, 37 menus. See QuickMenu names console, 4 sound (MIDI), 41 MIDI new folder accessing, 29 selecting, on memory card, 47 channel assignment, 31 notice, FCC, iv coupler piston defaults, 42 octave shift, 32 coupler pistons, 31 off (turning organ off, on), 2 device ID, 40 PDI, 1, 40...
  • Page 66 49 supply restoring factory Crescendo setting, 14 wind, 20 reverb sustain switch, 34 MIDI setting, 35 swell shoes. See Expression Shoes Rodgers website, 1 switch Room Modeling, 27 sustain, 34 setting, 27 temperaments safety, iii ancient, 18 saving lock status to card, 46...
  • Page 67 viewing console and control settings, 5 website, 1 viewing Crescendo sequence, 13 wind supply, 20 Voice Palette, 1, 4, 24 Zimbelstern, 27 accessing, 24...
  • Page 68 1905-836 Rev B...

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