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  • Page 1 T807 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Rodgers T807 Owner’s Manual Copyright  Rodgers Instruments LLC...

  • Page 3: 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 4: 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 5: 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 6: 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 ..................4 QuickMenu™........................4 User and MIDI Settings Menus....................4 Accessing Organ Control Functions Using QuickMenu............5...
  • Page 7 Setting Tutti ........................14 Locking Tutti........................14 Restoring Factory Tutti Setting..................15 Melody Coupler ........................15 Setting Range of Melody Coupler..................15 Bass Coupler ..........................15 Setting Range of Bass Coupler ..................15 Transposer..........................16 Master Tuning..........................16 Locking and Unlocking Master Tuning ................16 Adjusting Pitch........................17 Temperaments..........................17 Ancient Temperaments ......................17 Well Temperaments ......................18 Selecting a Temperament....................18 ™...
  • Page 8 MIDI Update (Advanced Users Only) ................37 Keyboard Velocity ......................38 Device ID (Advanced Users Only) ..................38 Tone Names ........................39 MIDI Settings Summary ......................40 MIDI Settings on Combination Pistons ................40 MIDI Save..........................41 Saving a Combination Memory ..................41 MIDI Connections........................42 RODGERS PERSONAL MEMORY CARD    .................43...
  • Page 9 Deleting a Crescendo Sequence from the Card..............45 Storing Additional Settings on the Card ................45 Deleting Settings from the Card..................46 Using a Personal Memory Card on Other Rodgers Organs .............46 Deleting a Memory from the Card ...................46 Reinitializing a Personal Memory Card...................46 Replacing the Personal Memory Card Battery.................47...

  • Page 10: Introduction

    To keep abreast of the latest news and other items of interest, visit the Rodgers website at: www.rodgersinstruments.com.

  • Page 11: Features

    FEATURES To get started, here is a tour of the basic operations of the Rodgers T807: Turn On/Turn Off To turn the organ on, press the top part of the rocker switch in the left panel and hold until RODGERS T807 CLASSIC ORGAN or your personalized greeting appears in the Console Display.

  • Page 12: Unlocking A Combination Memory

    Swell Divisional Pistons 1 – 5 General Pistons Pedal Divisional Toe Pistons Great Divisional 1 – 10 Pistons 1 – 5 5 – 10 Pistons 1 – 5 Figure 2. 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 T807 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 Using Quickmenu

    Accessing Organ Control Functions Using QuickMenu QuickMenu is a hierarchical organization of the various Categories, Menus, and Items used to control the organ’s settings. The first level of the QuickMenu hierarchy contains categories, for example, MIDI Settings, Pipe Modeling, and Room Modeling, to name a few. The next level of the hierarchy contains a list of the names of menus that are functionally related to a selected category.

  • 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 and turn to display a particular item. Press 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, SW A, SW B See page 27. Channel 1 – 16 Octave DN2 – UP2 NORM Velocity KBD, EXP, 2–127 64...
  • Page 17 Category Menu Item Settings Default Comments Audio Control Master -20.00 – 5.00 0.00 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 22 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 T807 Stop See page 21. Specification on page 48 for Stop and Voice combinations.
  • Page 19 Category Menu Item Settings Default Comments Room Room Size No default Modeling Room Stage Small hall See page 24. 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

    All reversible pistons light when engaged. Expression Shoes The Rodgers T807 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 21: Unlocking Crescendo

    The Crescendo must be unlocked to set a Crescendo sequence. Once the sequence is set, it may be locked again to prevent accidental change. Unlocking Crescendo 1. Press and hold the ALL SWELLS piston for approximately five seconds until CRESCENDO LOCKED appears in the display.

  • Page 22: Locking Crescendo

    In some gospel and evangelical musical traditions, tremulants with a wider and deeper excursion are frequently used. There are two types of tremulant controls on the Rodgers T807. The Divisional tremulants (Great and Swell) affect only the stops in the respective division. There is one General tremulant, the FLT VIB tremulant, which affects all manual flute stops simultaneously.

  • Page 23: Tutti

    Tutti There are times when a full organ registration is needed immediately. The Tutti on the Rodgers T807 can be set with any combination of stops. Press either the TUTTI piston or the TUTTI toe piston to access the Tutti combination.

  • Page 24: Restoring Factory Tutti Setting

    Restoring Factory Tutti Setting 1. Press and hold the TUTTI piston for approximately five seconds. The Console Display reads TUTTI LOCKED or TUTTI UNLOCKED. 2. While holding TUTTI, press and hold SET for an additional five seconds. The Console Display reads TUTTI FACTORY DEFAULT. 3.

  • Page 25: Transposer

    Select knob. Master Tuning The Rodgers T807 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 26: Adjusting Pitch

    The Rodgers T807 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 27: Well Temperaments

    Well Temperaments Kirnberger: Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721-1783) was a German composer and pupil of Bach from 1739-41. His temperament favored pure fifths, as in the Pythagorean model, but performance was improved in many keys. Werckmeister I and III: Andreas Werckmeister experimented with temperaments in the latter part of the 17th century.

  • Page 28: Wind Supply

    Even though this results in significant detuning, the human ear seems to perceive instead an increase in ensemble effect. A part 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 29: Shutter Thickness

    Thus, 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 30: Voice Palette

    Voice Palette Many of the speaking stops on the Rodgers T807 can play additional voices that are selectable via the Voice Palette category. These voices are: DIVISION STOP TAB VOICE PALETTE Pedal: 32’ Contre Bourdon 32’ Contre Violone 16' Principal 16' Violone 16’...

  • Page 31: Accessing Voice Palette

    Accessing Voice Palette 1. Press and hold the SET piston. 2. Turn on the stop to be changed. For example, select the 16' Principal in the Pedal. The display shows: V o i c e P a l e t t e S t o p : P D P R I N C I P L 1 6 V o i c e : P R I N C I P L 1 6...

  • Page 32: Audio Save

    Audio Save Changes made to audio settings are lost when the organ is turned off unless those settings are saved. This can be done by performing the following procedure. Saving Audio Control Settings 1. While in any Audio Controls Menu, press and hold SET, then press and hold General Cancel for approximately five seconds.

  • Page 33: Auxiliary Controls

    Auxiliary Controls The Rodgers T807 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 34: Antiphonal On/Main Off

    Any digital sampled rank in the Rodgers T807 may be replaced by a real wind-blown pipe rank. If a limited range of pipes is available, sampled voices from the Rodgers T807 can fill out the entire range. Preparations for controlling real expression shutters are already included in the organ software.

  • Page 35: Console

    Console The Console category contains these menus: Lamp Level Adjustable settings are 1 – 16. Pedal to Great Piston Menu settings are On and Off. The default is Off. Coupler Master Tuning Menu settings are Locked, Adjustable, and Manual Only. When Adjustable or Manual Only are selected, rotating the Alpha dial changes the instrument’s pitch.

  • Page 36: 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 37 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 38: Midi Channel

    MIDI Channel Using the Rodgers T807 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 39: Octave Shift

    Note: A MIDI Save may be performed to save this setting as the default. See MIDI Save on page 41. 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 stop tab Voice Palette selections to their defaults.
  • Page 40 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. Your choice of velocity control can be individually selected on each MIDI coupler piston, and these settings can then be saved on combination pistons.

  • Page 41: Sustain

    M I D I C o u p l e r G T A C h a n n e l O c t a v e N O R M V e l o c i t y E X P 3.

  • Page 42: Reverb

    2. Turn the Select Knob clockwise (right) until the cursor moves to the SUSTAIN parameter (check the menu display for this) 3. Rotate the Alpha Dial to the desired setting (ON/OFF) 4. Press either the flashing MIDI coupler or the General Cancel to exit. M I D I C o u p l e r G T A V e l o c i t y S u s t a i n...

  • Page 43: Expression

    M I D I C o u p l e r G T A S u s t a i n O F F R e v e r b C h o r u s Setting the Chorus Level for a MIDI Coupler 1.

  • Page 44: Global Midi Settings

    Master Channels The Rodgers T807 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 45: 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 T807 via MIDI.

  • Page 46: Local On/Off

    4. Turn the Select knob to display Registrations Receive. 5. Rotate the Alpha dial to select None (default), Stops, Pistons, or Stop/Piston. Using Pistons to Control a Second Rodgers Console 1. Connect the MIDI Sequencer Output of the master console to the Sequencer Input of the slave console.

  • Page 47: Keyboard Velocity

    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 48: Tone Names

    3. Release the SET piston. 4. Turn the Select knob until Device ID is displayed. M I D I S e t t i n g s D e v i c e I D T o n e N a m e s G S 5.

  • Page 49: Midi Settings Summary

    MIDI Settings Summary There are many MIDI settings that can be saved. If the settings are changed and not saved, the original MIDI settings (default settings) return when the organ is turned off. MIDI settings that can be changed and saved include: •...

  • Page 50: Midi Save

    Velocity Sustain Reverb Chorus Expression Note: See the MIDI channel list in MIDI Channel Assignments on page 30. Remember, MIDI default settings can be saved by performing a MIDI Save procedure. MIDI Save Changes made to MIDI settings are temporary and are lost when the organ is turned off (these changes can be saved to a piston as described above) unless those settings are saved.

  • Page 51: 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 52: 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 53: 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. In order to make easy use of this additional capacity, Rodgers uses the concept of memory folders.

  • Page 54: Selecting A New Folder On The Card

    Selecting a New Folder on the Card 1. Insert the Personal Memory Card in the slot. 2. 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 3.

  • Page 55: 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 56: Replacing The Personal Memory Card Battery

    Replacing the 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. To replace the battery without losing the contents of the Personal Memory Card, open the battery compartment on the front edge of the card only with the card inserted in the console slot while the organ is on.

  • Page 57: Rodgers T807 Stop Specification

    RODGERS T807 STOP SPECIFICATION GREAT (Manual I) PEDAL REVERSIBLES Violone 16’ (Flauto Basso 16’) Contre Bourdon 32’ (Contre Violone 32’) Great to Pedal (thumb and toe) Principal 8’ (Diapason 8’) Principal 16’ (Violone 16’) Swell to Pedal (thumb and toe) Rohrflöte 8’...

  • Page 58: Rodgers T807 Console Dimensions

    RODGERS T807 CONSOLE DIMENSIONS RODGERS T807 Top View Back View 1485.9mm [58.5"] 463.0mm [18.2"] 762.3mm 1489.3mm [30.0"] [61.55"] 1253.6mm [49.4"] 355.6mm [14.0"] 1489.0 mm [58.6"] 1204.9mm [47.5"] 759.2mm [29.9"] Front View 396.2mm 812.8mm [15.6"] [32.0"] Side View 413.1mm PEDAL SWELL...

  • Page 59: Factory Default Combination Settings

    FACTORY DEFAULT COMBINATION SETTINGS The Rodgers T807 is shipped from the factory with default settings on combination memories M1, M2, and M3. Registrations on these memories can be changed, but if the original factory default settings are desired, they can be restored by performing the following procedure.

  • Page 60: 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 62 Index accessing MIDI, 27 description, 3 acoustics, 24 locking, 4 additional settings saving on card, 43 deleting from card, 46 saving via MIDI, 41 storing on card, 45 setting, 3 all swells, 11 unlocking, 3 All Swells shoe, 11 combination settings ancillary on, 25 restoring defaults, 50 antiphonal speaker system, 25...
  • Page 63 Crescendo setting hold restoring factory default, 13 see Sustain, 32 Crescendo shoe, 11 information on menus default getting, 5 MIDI coupler pistons, 40 interference default combination settings radio and TV, iv restoring, 50 intermanual couplers, 11 deleting a memory, 45 keyboards and stop tabs, cleaning, 51 detuning lamp level, 26...
  • Page 64 channel assignment, 29 pedal to great piston, 26 coupler piston defaults, 40 pedal-to-great piston coupler, 26 coupler pistons, 30 personal memory card, 43 device ID, 38 locking and unlocking, 44 note velocity, 30 on other organs, 46 sounds reinitializing, 46 saving in combination pistons, 29 replacing battery, 47 sounds, previewing, 27...
  • Page 65 MIDI setting, 33 supply reversible pistons, 11 wind, 19 Rodgers website, 1 sustain, 32 room modeling, 24 sustain switch, 32 safety, iii swell shoes saving lock status to card, 44 see Expression Shoes, 11 saving power on default, 39 switch...
  • Page 66 22 expression, 31 volume keyboard, 32 master volume, 22 MIDI, 30 website viewing console and control settings, 5 Rodgers, 1 viewing Crescendo sequence, 12 wind supply, 18 Voice Palette, 1, 4, 21, 22 Zimbelstern, 25...
  • Page 67 INSTRUMENTS LLC 1905-810D 1300 N.E. 25 AVENUE, HILLSBORO, OREGON 97124 • (503) 648-4181...

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