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Our church is looking at replace the 30 year old Allen organ. No pipes.

We have looked at Rodgers, Allen, and Viscount models so far.

Two keybords with pull stops and tons of electronics on theses newer models.

This is probably a $50,000 purchase.

Anyone with any experience in this area?

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bugbitten #259028 05/02/09 03:48 PM
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I believe my old church bought a Rodgers, although I'm not certain about that. At the time, it had superior numbers of voices (more than 12!), and had a better sound. Our organist was fairly exacting; she was a music professor as her other job, so we had to get an organ that suited her. I'll double check with my father as to the brand.

My only complaint about the organ was that the chimes didn't sound right at all.


EDIT: Yup, it was a Rodgers, purchased in the early 90s.

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Ken.C #259029 05/02/09 04:15 PM
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I think you should have Tacoma's Paul Fritts build you one. Tremendous!

I'm pretty sure he's out of your price range. Still...


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tomtuttle #259033 05/02/09 04:33 PM
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Thanks Ken! The Rodgers 678 has 112 voices including 50+ orchestral instruments, and the ability to record and playback on a usb thumbdrive.

Tom......WAY over our budget

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bugbitten #259034 05/02/09 04:35 PM
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Or rather, not voices, but simultaneous notes--the Allen only had 12. Mixing things up.

I can find out more from the organist if you want.


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Ken.C #259091 05/03/09 02:53 AM
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What I would like to know is if the organ ever needed service and if so, was it satisfactory?

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I'll see what I can find out.


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Ken.C #259093 05/03/09 02:59 AM
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Word is, there was a guy who came in a few times early on to fine tune it, fix up a few things after the install, but my father says he doesn't recall it ever needing service. They moved churches about 5 years ago.

Also, he says he was on the selection committee for the thing, and my parents were pretty close to the organist.

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Ken.C #259102 05/03/09 04:24 AM
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Thanks

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bugbitten #259166 05/03/09 11:36 PM
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What I would like to know is if the organ ever needed service and if so, was it satisfactory?

\:o

Oh, yeah. This is a church organ thread.

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I was waiting for you to come up with something...


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Ken.C #259273 05/04/09 04:31 PM
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I almost did not post because the topic could get way out of control.

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bugbitten #259279 05/04/09 05:07 PM
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I had to get it over with. Now you have complete control of the thread again, as per the normal Axiom custom.

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pmbuko #259284 05/04/09 05:21 PM
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I do believe that this is yet another new topic that somehow we have knowledge about. I swear, one could ask a question about the appropriate type of O-rings that should be used on aft cabin door handle seals on a Boeing 747-400. Someone here would know. \:\/

I am simply astounded at the number of things that we, as the collective group, know about.

Kudos. \:\)


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I could find that out for you, I have a couple of friends that are aircraft technicians \:\)


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I do believe that this is yet another new topic that somehow we have knowledge about. I swear, one could ask a question about the appropriate type of O-rings that should be used on aft cabin door handle seals on a Boeing 747-400. Someone here would know.


Scientist are now giving more attention to this phenomenon, it's called something like six degrees of separation. (I try to google a good article about it , found this one, but didn't have time to read it, maybe someone would pitch in with a good article, wiki doesn't seems to be a good one)
They believe that areas of the brain communicate using this paradigm. It's very efficient, and of course computer networks are now studying this to develop better network algorithms and such.


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PeterChenoweth #259312 05/04/09 08:16 PM
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 Originally Posted By: PeterChenoweth
I am simply astounded at the number of things that we, as the collective group, know about. \:\)

Maybe it's time we takeover the world?

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MarkSJohnson #259327 05/04/09 10:20 PM
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My father in law is pastor at a church and they had to put in a new pipe organ not long ago after a fire in the church wiped out what they had.

If you are looking to build a pipe organ, I can track down more info.

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Zarak #259328 05/04/09 10:23 PM
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I think those are generally waaaaay over bug's budget, sadly. I'm lucky that my church has one, and one with 32ft stops at that. \:\)


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MarkSJohnson #259341 05/05/09 12:47 AM
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 Originally Posted By: MarkSJohnson

Maybe it's time we takeover the world?

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Hmmmm...Thursday isn't good for me.

How's early Friday?

Well, wait. I might be able to rearrange things on Thursday.

Yeah. I guess if Thursday works best for you, we can take over the world on Thursday then.

Should we schedule a lunch in there?


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MarkSJohnson #259369 05/05/09 12:46 PM
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*pencils Mark in for lunch*

Okay, but let's stay away from Olive Garden.



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World Dumbination by Axiom Forum members?


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Adrian #259426 05/05/09 08:55 PM
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I, for one, welcome our new axiomite overlords... on Thursday that is

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JaimeG #259430 05/05/09 09:17 PM
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Is Thursday some kind of holy organ day?

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pmbuko #259447 05/06/09 02:02 AM
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Depends. Was your organ blessed?


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fredk #259455 05/06/09 03:06 AM
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No, but I'm blessed with an organ.

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I WAS blessed, but then I met the organ grinder.

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Ooooohhhhh. [crosses legs]

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 Originally Posted By: St_PatGuy
*pencils Mark in for lunch*

Okay, but let's stay away from Olive Garden.

So you're saying we're not gonna let JP be a part of this? \:\)


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MarkSJohnson #259470 05/06/09 11:25 AM
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So exactly which one of you is Pinky and which is The Brain??
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Murph #259498 05/06/09 03:40 PM
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I suspect we're all Pinky around here.

But how will we keep the suspenders made from amplifier parts on the jello?


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 Originally Posted By: St_PatGuy
*pencils Mark in for lunch*

Okay, but let's stay away from Olive Garden.

So you're saying we're not gonna let JP be a part of this? \:\)

Ha, just found this thread. Good stuff.


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medic8r #260135 05/12/09 09:03 PM
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Because when shellfish attack, it's better to have lobsters on your piano than crabs on your organ.






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PeterChenoweth #260142 05/12/09 11:05 PM
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Just to let all of you know that it appears to be a toss up between Allen's organ and Rodgers' organ.

Have fun with that! \:D

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 Originally Posted By: PeterChenoweth
Because when shellfish attack, it's better to have lobsters on your piano than crabs on your organ.


\:\) I like it.

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 Originally Posted By: PeterChenoweth


I am simply astounded at the number of things that we, as the collective group, know about.


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