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- Page 1 Three Manual Organs Masterpiece and A688 / A698 OWNER’S GUIDE Copyright ©2011 Rodgers Instruments Corporation...
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Page 2: Safety Instructions
19. When setting up with other instruments or peripherals, follow the procedures in accordance 11. Only use attachments/accessories specified by with Rodgers’ owner’s manual. the manufacturer. 20. Use only the attached power supply cord. Also, 12. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or the supplied power cord must not be used with when unused for long periods of time. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS Lithium battery warning ......................... 5 FCC Notice............................6 Radio and Television Interference ....................6 RECYCLING NOTICE ......................... 7 Notice to Users..........................9 Introduction ..........................10 Three-manual console basic overview (may vary depending on model)........11 Turn On/Turn Off .......................... 12 Turning on: .......................... - Page 4 Solo to Choir Expression ......................18 Tutti (or Full Organ) ........................ 18 Melody Couplers (MEL SW, MEL CH, MEL SO) ................ 19 Bass Coupler (BASS) ........................ 19 Zimbelstern ..........................20 Alternate Crescendo........................ 20 Console Displays, Indicators, and Menus ..................20 Changing the Time (Console Clock) ....................
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Page 5: Lithium Battery Warning
Lithium battery warning Caution: Danger of explosion if lithium battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with same or equivalent type. Manually operated main power switch Caution: The main power switch does not completely disconnect this equipment from the main power when the switch is in the off position. Remove power cord from main outlet when servicing equipment. -
Page 6: Fcc Notice
FCC NOTICE Radio and Television Interference Rodgers 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 7: Recycling Notice
RECYCLING NOTICE For EU Countries... - Page 8 CHINESE NOTIFICATION...
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Page 9: Notice To Users
6,369,310, 6,399,868 ©Copyright 2011, Rodgers Instruments Corporation, 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™, PerformanceTouch™... -
Page 10: Introduction
With remarkable flexibility, superior sound and the option of adding real pipes at any time, the Rodgers organ is a perfect choice for any home, concert or worship setting. Built entirely in Oregon by dedicated, expert craftsmen, our consoles are meticulously handcrafted of hardwoods and veneers, and are designed to the exacting standards of the American Guild of Organists. -
Page 11: Three-Manual Console Basic Overview (May Vary Depending On Model)
Three-manual console basic overview (may vary depending on model) 1. Headphone jack 11. Great stops 2. Power switch 12. Choir stops 3. QUICK MENU thumb piston 13. Select knob and Alpha Dial 4. SET thumb piston 14. Console display 5. General thumb pistons 15. -
Page 12: Turn On/Turn Off
Turn On/Turn Off • Turning on: Depending on model, press and hold the top of the On/Off rocker switch for approximately 2 seconds and release or press the top of the On/Off switch labeled (―) until it locks into place. The instrument identification message appears in the display window. The organ then performs a diagnostic test of its systems over the next few seconds. -
Page 13: How To Turn On/Off A Stop
Many stops have more than one voice to choose from. This is referred to as the Rodgers Voice Palette™. See the AG (Advanced User’s Guide) • Tremulants If your organ has no stops on but you turn on a Tremulant and play a key, you will hear nothing. -
Page 14: Intermanual Couplers
Swell division on the Great manual. (“Swell to Great” literally means, “connect the Swell division to the Great manual”). Couplers allow you to control a larger portion of the organ from one manual or the pedalboard and are useful in achieving larger or more varied registrations. •... -
Page 15: Midi Couplers
Another example of intramanual couplers is UNISON OFF. The SWELL UNISON OFF coupler silences notes at concert or unison pitch (hence, the name) on the swell manual. The Choir intramanual coupler is labeled CHOIR UNISON OFF and silences notes on the Choir manual. For example, selecting the SWELL UNISON OFF coupler would cause activated stops in the Swell division to be silent even when notes are played on the Swell manual. -
Page 16: Pistons
Choir manual to the far left. • How to Set a Piston The Rodgers organ is equipped with factory registrations, each of which can be used for a wide variety of musical effects. However, the contents of any piston can be easily changed to suit your particular needs. -
Page 17: General And Divisional Cancel
(O) located to the right of the #5 divisional combination action pistons. • Memory Levels Rodgers advanced combination action system has up to 100 memory levels depending on model. This effectively multiplies the number of available combination pistons by up to 100. -
Page 18: Great/Pedal Enclosed
Swell expression shoe. • Great/Pedal Enclosed On some Rodgers organs the Great and Pedal divisions are unenclosed; that is, their volume is unaffected by movements of the expression shoes. This allows the organist to change the volume of the Choir, Swell and Solo divisions while the volume of Great and Pedal divisions’... -
Page 19: Melody Couplers (Mel Sw, Mel Ch, Mel So)
When Tutti is activated, the Tutti indicator located directly above the Crescendo indicator is lit. Pressing General Cancel will also cancel Tutti. TUTTI comes programmed from the Rodgers factory. Tutti can be reprogrammed, if desired. See the AG (Advanced User’s Guide) •... -
Page 20: Zimbelstern
Allegiant Organ series display Masterpiece Organ series display The Rodgers organ is equipped with an informative display for many of the console functions described in this section. The Console Display normally indicates the active memory level, the current time and the Transposer setting, however, it can also display Voice Palette selections or various menus to adjust parameters and preferences including MIDI settings, Dimensional Sound Modeling parameters, Tremulant rate and depth, and many others. -
Page 21: Changing The Time (Console Clock)
Select Knob – (the smaller knob) selects (highlights) a menu item Alpha Dial – (the larger dial) changes the selected item’s value Depending on model, the Select knob and Alpha Dial may be configured as: For a comprehensive list of menu items, refer to Appendix B. Changing the Time (Console Clock) Normally the console clock will not need adjusting;... -
Page 22: Locking A Combination Memory
Locking a Combination Memory When shipped from the Rodgers factory, all memory levels are unlocked so that pistons can be easily changed. If desired, each memory level can be locked individually so that it cannot be changed. On instruments with combination action pistons M1, M2, etc., any memory level can be locked using the following procedure: 1. -
Page 23: Unlocking A Combination Memory
Unlocking a Combination Memory ● On instruments with memory level pistons M1, M2, etc., any memory level can be locked using the following procedure: 1. Press and hold the memory piston (M1, M2, M3, etc.) corresponding to the memory level you want to lock until the Memory Bank screen appears. Internal or Memory Card and (#) Unlocked or (#) Locked appears in the display. -
Page 24: Restoring Factory Combination Settings
Restoring Factory Combination Settings If the original factory settings have been overwritten or erased, and you would like to restore them, use the following procedure: 1. Press and hold the memory piston to be restored (M1, M2, or M3) until the Memory Bank screen appears. -
Page 25: Reversibles
Expression Shoes and Controls Rodgers three manual organs have two Expression Shoes and a Crescendo Shoe that are used to control the volume and registration of the organ. The left shoe normally controls the volume of the Choir division and the middle shoe controls the volume of the Swell and Solo divisions. -
Page 26: Tremulants
In some gospel and evangelical musical traditions, tremulants with a wider and deeper excursion are frequently used. There are two types of tremulant controls available on Rodgers organs, divisional tremulants that affect only the stops in their respective division and general tremulants that affect all divisions. -
Page 27: Appendix A - A Description Of Stops
APPENDIX A – A DESCRIPTION OF STOPS • Organ stops are grouped into four main families: Principals, Flutes, Strings and Reeds. o The Principal family is the group of stops which are unique to the organ, they aren’t imitative of other instruments. Principals are often referred to as the “backbone” of the organ and play a strong role in hymn accompaniments and as the foundation of many chorus registrations. -
Page 28: Other Families Of Stops
Clairon, Clarion Tuba Hautbois Trombone Cornopean French Horn Posaune Trompette Cremona, Cromorne Kinura Post Horn Krummhorn English Horn Vox Humana Rankett Schalmei Fagot, Fagotto Voix Humaine Rohrschalmei Zink • Other Families of Stops o Percussion The Percussion family includes voices such as the Chimes, Handbells, Harp, Celesta and Harpsichord. -
Page 29: Roman Numeral? It's A "Mixture" Stop
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’ Larigot two octaves and a fifth above Mutations are most commonly from the flute family and are often used with other flute stops in registrations or ensembles for early organ music. -
Page 30: The "Amens/Alleluias" Stop
• The “Amens/Alleluias” stop Depending on model, your Rodgers organ may contain a very unique stop called Amens/Alleluias. This stop is quite different from a regular organ stop. Unlike a pipe organ stop where all 61 keys play the same sound at a different pitch, this stop is comprised of four groups of recordings of a choir singing Amen or Alleluia chants. -
Page 31: Appendix B - Menus In The Display Window
• Depending on organ model, the console display window may appear as: Allegiant Organ series display Masterpiece Organ series display • Here’s how to adjust settings using the menus: 1. Press and release the QUICK MENU thumb piston to access a menu or sub- menu. - Page 32 Select and adjust sounds available from the “A” and “B” controls. • Depending on model, the organ may have a library of ORCH internal sounds available • MIDI sounds are available only if an external sound module is connected to the organ, i.e. the Rodgers MX-200. Menu item Value...
- Page 33 • This menu also appears if you hold SET and press one of the MIDI A/B pistons (or an ORCH/MIDI A/B tab): Menu item Value Explanation [Sound name] Select by sound name Program (Off, 1 128) Tone Most Significant Byte (Off, 0 127) Least Significant Byte (Off, 0 127)
- Page 34 (“Local”) sounds of the organ. The organ still On, Off Local transmits MIDI data which can be sequenced or used to control a separate Rodgers (Default setting is On.) organ. This feature can be used to silence the Master console when one Rodgers organ controls another Rodgers console.
- Page 35 Normally you do not need to make any changes to these audio menus. Menu item Value Explanation Change the volume of the entire organ. Caution: this value is set by your Rodgers technician. Changing this value to a higher number may result in distortion. Note: if Master Volume Off, -31.25 +6.25...
- Page 36 • If headphones are in use, the Audio Control menu appears as: Menu item Value Explanation Master Volume Off, -31.25 +6.25 Change the volume of the entire organ. Off, -31.25 The main volume of the device connected to the Aux Inputs of the Main Volume +6.25 console.
- Page 37 Young II A part of Dimensional Sound Modeling, Rodgers’ exclusive Digital Dynamic Wind™ emulates the behavior of pipe organ wind regulating devices and the response of pipes to an unsteady wind supply. Each stop is programmed to respond to wind variations, just as in a pipe organ.
- Page 38 You can preview the changes by playing the organ while adjusting the setting. • The default settings will return when the organ is powered on. • For a church installation, it is best not to save a new default selection which was set by the Rodgers technician at installation. Menu item Value...
- Page 39 Crescendo Sequence • Depending on model, the organ may have one or two Crescendo sequences, set by the Rodgers factory or by a Rodgers technician at installation. • Either or both Crescendo sequences may be customized (changed) to suit your needs for musical performance.
- Page 40 Console Access various console functions for adjustment. Menu item Value Explanation A dimmer affecting the brightness of the music rack, pedal light, and (depending Lamp Level on model) stops and tabs, but not pistons. The value of “on” will couple the Great divisional pistons with the Pedal divisional Pedal to Great Off, on pistons.
- Page 41 (This appears if USB is not inserted): Rotate the Alpha Dial to select the desired memory level. (folder internal) Rotate the Select Knob clockwise to select [unlocked]. unlocked Rotate the Alpha Dial to change the value to [locked]. SET Memory to Seq Press SET to send this Memory Bank data to an external sequencer connected to the organ.
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Page 42: Appendix C - About The Performance Touch Keyboards
APPENDIX C – ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE TOUCH KEYBOARDS For generations, organ key tops were made from the best materials – ivory (for white keys) and ebony (for black keys). The Performance Touch keyboards use the latest technologies to reproduce the touch and feel of these materials. ●... -
Page 43: Limited Warranty
Parts Warranty Rodgers Instruments Corporation warrants only to the original Purchaser of this product that all the parts contained in this product will be free from defects in materials and/or workmanship for a period of ten (10) years from the date of purchase. -
Page 44: Index
INDEX Activate a Stop, 13 Great Stops, 11 All Swells, 17 Great/Pedal Enclosed, 18 Alpha Dial, 11, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 32, Great/Pedal Unenclosed, 18 34, 38, 40, 41 Handling, 42 Alternate Crescendo, 20, 32, 39 Headphone Jack, 11 Ambience Level, 35, 38, 41 Headphone Settings, 36 Amens/Alleluias”... - Page 45 Power On, 12 Stops, 12, 13, 25, 28, 29, 34, 38 Power Switch, 11 Strings, 27, 28 Principals, 27 Sub Couplers, 14 Quick Menu, 11, 15, 21, 22, 23, 31, 41 Super Couplers, 14 Radio and TV Interference, 6 Swell Manual, 12, 15 Record a Song, 32 Swell Stops, 11 Reeds, 18, 27...
- Page 46 P/N 1905871C...
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