Expression/ Crescendo; Transpose - Rodgers Insignia 537 Owner's Manual

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Expression/
crescendo
The Insignia
537
has
one
pedal that
can
be
used
to
control the
volume or
the crescendo
function.
When the [CRES) piston
is
off,
the expression
shoe
affects
the volume (hexpression"
function). As long
as you do not
change
the 13T.····p[)
Et·K:LOSED
setting
(page
24)
,
the volume function
only affects
the Swell section (upper
manual).
When you press the [CRES] piston (so thatit lights)
,
the pedal acts as
Crescendo
pedal.
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The
Crescendo
function
adds
more
stops as you
press
the
pedal
further down,
adding richness
and
depth to the
sound.
It does not
affect
the
stops
already
in
use on
the
organ,
but merely
adds
to
them.
There are
seven
Crescendo steps, which are
indicated by means
of
a bargraph:
Bargraphs indicating
the Crescendo
level
set
via
the
pedal.
The stops added with
each
Crescendo
step
are
pre-
set. But
you
are
free
to change these assignments:
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Press [CRES]
so
that it lights.
®
Move
the pedal to the position that
corre-
sponds
to the
step whose
stop assignment
you wish to
change.
Example:
to
change the assignment
for
Cre-
scendo
step
2, move the pedal so
that the
dis-
play
looks
as follows:
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You will notice
that
some stop
indicators
light
(or go off) automatically
as
you move
the
pedal.
Insignia 537
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Press the tabs that
should
be activated by
this
step
(their indicators must light).
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Hold down the [SET] piston
while pressing
the
[CRES]
piston for a few
seconds
{until
the display says I.,Jr·
i
t.e
Coro·,p
1
et.e).
®
Use the pedal to select another
Crescendo
step and
repeat
steps
@
and
@
to
change
the stop presets.
®
Check your Crescendo
step assignments:
Move the pedal all the
way
up.
Press [O] {all tabs go dark).
Press [CRESC]
(so
that
it
lights).
Press the
pedal
down and
note
how the
tab
indicators
(and the sound)
change.
Transpose
The
Transpose function allows
you
to
change the
key
of the music played.
Commonly,
this is
used
to
accommodate a
soloist
or instrumentalist
who
pre-
fers accompaniment
in
a
different key than
what
is
.
written
in
or
to
easily
raise
or lower
the
pitch
of
a
hymn. The transposition
interval
is normally
shown
in the display (fr·ansPo::.e value). If another
screen
appears in the display
(i.e., while
program-
ming
a
specific
parameter),
you can easily
return
to
the
this
page by pressing
[0).
While
the master page is
displayed, the
transposition
interval
can
be changed using the
[b-)/[#+] pistons
(~6-~5
-semitones)
.
Pressing [0] returns the Tt··ansF·o::.e
value
to
~~1
(no
transposition).
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