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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:

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Turning off:

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Manuals and Pedalboard .............................................................................................................. 12

Stops.............................................................................................................................................. 12

What is a stop?

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How to turn on/off a stop

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Tremulants

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Couplers ........................................................................................................................................ 13

Intermanual Couplers

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Intramanual Couplers

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MIDI Couplers

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Pistons........................................................................................................................................... 16

General Pistons

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Divisional Pistons

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How to Set a Piston

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General and Divisional Cancel

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Memory Levels

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Additional piston functions that may be present on your organ (depending on model) ............ 17

All Swells (or ALL EXPR SW)

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Great/Pedal Enclosed

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Great/Pedal Unenclosed

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Festival Trumpet Enclosed (FFF Reeds Enclosed)

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Summary of Contents for A648

Page 2: ...been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped 14 To reduce the risk of injury supervise children closely when they are around the instrument 15 Use of this instrument either alone or in combination with an amplifie...

Page 3: ...Stops 12 What is a stop 12 How to turn on off a stop 13 Tremulants 13 Couplers 13 Intermanual Couplers 14 Intramanual Couplers 14 MIDI Couplers 15 Pistons 16 General Pistons 16 Divisional Pistons 16 How to Set a Piston 16 General and Divisional Cancel 17 Memory Levels 17 Additional piston functions that may be present on your organ depending on model 17 All Swells or ALL EXPR SW 17 Great Pedal Enc...

Page 4: ...ation Settings 24 Reversibles 25 Expression Shoes and Controls 25 Crescendo Shoe and Controls 25 Transposer 25 Tremulants 26 APPENDIX A A DESCRIPTION OF STOPS 27 Organ stops are grouped into four main families 27 Other Families of Stops 28 The number on the stop shows its pitch 28 Fraction It s a Mutation stop 28 Roman Numeral It s a Mixture stop 29 Céleste stops 29 The Amens Alleluias stop 30 APP...

Page 5: ...IONAL OR SERVICE PERSONNEL ATTENTION RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE PATENTS G B 1312161 F R G 22 02 658 CANADIAN 951550 CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL The lightning ...

Page 6: ...ent s power cord in different ways 9 Connect the instrument s power cord to a power outlet on a different circuit 9 Move the instrument further away from the radio or television receiver 9 Turn the radio or television receiver until the interference stops 9 Connect the radio or television receiver to a different power circuit 9 Reorient or move the receiver antenna further away from the instrument...

Page 7: ...7 RECYCLING NOTICE For EU Countries UK DE FR IT ES PT NL DK NO SE FI HU PL CZ SK EE LT LV SI GR ...

Page 8: ...8 CHINESE NOTIFICATION ...

Page 9: ...Parkwood Way Richmond B C V6V 2M4 Toll Free 877 676 5263 www rodgersinstruments ca Rodgers instruments are manufactured and protected under one or more of the following U S patents 4 622 878 5 060 179 5 087 798 5 091 613 5 225 619 5 262 581 5 508 472 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 A...

Page 10: ...sical style or individual performance desired with the push of a button 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 stan...

Page 11: ... SET thumb piston 14 Console display 5 General thumb pistons 15 General cancel thumb piston engraved 0 6 Pedal stops 16 Divisional thumb pistons Swell Great Choir 7 Swell stops 17 Pedal division toe pistons 8 Couplers 18 General toe pistons 9 Solo stops 10 Expression and Crescendo shoe level indicators 19 Expression volume shoes and Crescendo shoe Choir Great Pedal Swell Solo Crescendo ...

Page 12: ...conds and release or press the bottom of the On Off switch labeled O until it locks into place Should you need to turn the power on just after you turned it off wait about 20 seconds before turning the power on again 2 Depending on model the organ may be equipped with an Automatic Shutdown feature See the AG Manuals and Pedalboard The organ has keyboards played by the hands commonly referred to as...

Page 13: ...othing Tremulants create a wavy sound to organ stops already turned on Actually tremulants change the pitch sharp and flat amplitude volume and timbre tone quality The use of the tremulant adds warmth and expressiveness to solo or small ensemble combinations It is not common to use tremulants in larger classical ensembles In some romantic ensembles tremulants are used judiciously In some gospel an...

Page 14: ...d when building large ensemble registrations whereas 4 couplers are usually not employed 4 couplers are often used with celeste stops in more gentle registrations they effectively increase the number of notes that are sounding and increase the warmth and breadth of the ensemble Intramanual Couplers Intramanual couplers are different from intermanual couplers in that they operate within a single or...

Page 15: ...rom different divisions of the organ Depending on model some organs feature as many as 52 internal orchestral voices If the instrument has internal orchestral voices the MIDI couplers will be labeled MIDI ORCH SW A and MIDI ORCH SW B for the Swell Manual MIDI ORCH GT A and MIDI ORCH GT B for the Great Manual MIDI ORCH CH A and MIDI ORCH CH B for the Choir manual and MIDI ORCH PED A and MIDI ORCH P...

Page 16: ...nient Divisional Pistons Divisional pistons affect a single division There are up to six divisional pistons for the Great Swell and Choir these pistons are either numbered from one to as many as six or one to five with the sixth labeled O for the divisional cancel depending on model These pistons are located under the corresponding manual For example Great divisional pistons are located underneath...

Page 17: ...eludes postludes and choral accompaniments which may change week to week Note A variety of useful registrations have already been stored when the organ arrives from the factory Memory Levels can be selected by pressing the corresponding piston M1 M2 M3 etc or the pistons labeled M M or MEM UP MEM DOWN depending on model When a memory level is selected the memory level appears in the display window...

Page 18: ...esirable to have the Great and Pedal divisions unenclosed that is not affected by movement of the expression shoes When activated the GT PED UNENCL piston is lit the Great and Pedal divisions change to unenclosed and their volume is no longer controlled by the Choir expression shoe Festival Trumpet Enclosed FFF Reeds Enclosed The Festival Trumpet 8 and solo reeds FFF are normally unenclosed that i...

Page 19: ...IDI voice in the Choir division sounds from the highest key being played on the Great manual Melody couplers should be used when the corresponding intermanual coupler is not engaged For example when Melody from Swell is activated the Swell to Great couplers should not be used to achieve the proper Melody affect Likewise when Melody from Choir is engaged the Choir to Great couplers should not be us...

Page 20: ...ing the ALT CRESC reversible piston engages the Alternate Crescendo 2 The Standard and Alternate Crescendo can each be user reprogrammed to use a different sequence of stops See the AG Advanced User s Guide Console Displays Indicators and Menus Masterpiece Organ series display Allegiant Organ series display The Rodgers organ is equipped with an informative display for many of the console functions...

Page 21: ... minutes due to certain circumstances To adjust the time 1 Press and release the QUICK MENU piston 2 Turn the Select Knob clockwise until Console appears in the display 3 Press and release the QUICK MENU piston 4 Turn the Select Knob clockwise until Set Clock appears in the display 5 Press and release the QUICK MENU piston 6 The value for hour is highlighted Rotate the Alpha Dial to change it 7 Ro...

Page 22: ...pha Dial to select Locked The memory is now locked and that memory level cannot be changed On instruments with the M and M pistons memory level may be locked using the one of the following procedures 1 Use M or M pistons to select the memory level to be locked 2 Press and hold SET then press and release M 3 Turn the Select knob to highlight Unlocked 4 Rotate the Alpha Dial to highlight Locked OR d...

Page 23: ...h the M and M pistons memory level may be unlocked using the one of the following procedures 1 Use M or M pistons to select the memory level to be unlocked 2 Press and hold SET then press and release M 3 Turn the Select knob to highlight Locked 4 Rotate the Alpha Dial to highlight Unlocked OR depending on model 1 Use M or M pistons to select the memory level to be locked 2 Press and release the QU...

Page 24: ...f the following procedures 1 Use M or M pistons to select the memory level to be unlocked 2 Press and hold SET and press M The display shows Memory Bank and Unlocked or Locked if locked see the unlocking procedure in the previous section 3 Turn the Select knob until Restore Factory appears in the display 4 Press and release SET 5 Turn the Select knob highlight No 6 Rotate the Alpha Dial to highlig...

Page 25: ...on decreases The positions of the two expression shoes are displayed on two expression indicators located on the right hand side of the coupler rail or on the display Crescendo Shoe and Controls 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 It does not affect the stops already in use on the organ but...

Page 26: ...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 If there is a Solo division on the organ up to four divisional tremulants may used One each for the Great Swell Choir and Solo the first three are controlled by a tab or drawknob within each division whi...

Page 27: ...hemselves or in combination with other stops Examples of stops belonging to the Flute family are Bourdon Bourdon Doux Flauto Traverso Koppelflöte Flute Chimney Flute Clarabella Larigot Spitzflöte Rohrflöte Waldflöte Fife Doppelflöte Cor de Nuit Hohlflöte Piccolo Flûte Harmonique Concert Flute Spillflöte Tibia Stopped Diapason Cornet Nachthorn Lieblich Gedeckt Holzgedeckt Nazard Orchestral Flute Qu...

Page 28: ...uplers on the organ each have a pitch designation listed in feet 8 4 16 etc 8 refers to concert pitch a key played on an 8 stop will have an identical pitch as the same key played on a piano 16 represents an octave below concert pitch a key played on a 16 stop will sound an octave below an 8 stop This system of designating pitches represents the approximate length of open organ pipes the largest p...

Page 29: ...meral Mixtures consist of multiple Principal ranks the Roman numeral following the name denotes the number of ranks contained in the mixture For example a Mixture IV stop contains four ranks of Principal pipes A rank is a distinct set of pipes Most stops consist of one rank of 61 pipes one pipe per keyboard note A four rank mixture would have 4 pipes playing on each note Common mixture stop names ...

Page 30: ...e Chimes then playing one of the Amen recordings by depressing a C key Or the stop could be used more extensively in a more elaborate improvisation The chart below shows the four groups of Amen or Alleluia recordings If you play the C key as shown in the chart you will hear the choir singing the Amen or Alleluia as shown in the bottom music staff Each recording is grouped in a range of 12 notes fr...

Page 31: ...tem 3 Press and release the QUICK MENU thumb piston to enter the item 4 Rotate the Alpha Dial to change the item s setting Select Knob the smaller knob selects highlights a menu item Masterpiece consoles Alpha Dial the larger dial changes the selected item s value On Allegiant models the Select Knob and Alpha Dial appear as Allegiant consoles Note to return to the previous menu press and release 0...

Page 32: ... 500 Use the Alpha Dial to select your desired tempo Metronome Meter 2 2 0 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 4 3 8 6 8 9 8 12 8 Use the Alpha Dial to select your desired meter Rename USB drive must be inserted Select file to rename rename using the Alpha Dial to select characters and the Select Knob to advance the cursor to the next position depending on model Chain Play If USB is not inserted No files for ...

Page 33: ... be determined by the force of the finger on the key Velocity only for orchestral sounds not organ sounds 1 127 The specified value will determine the velocity Pan 64 63 Determines the sound s stereo balance 64 is extremely Left 63 is extremely Right 0 is center Foot Switch Off Sust Sost Soft Select the value for the Foot Switch located on the left side of the left most expression shoe Reverb 0 12...

Page 34: ...yboard connected AND your Send menu above is set to Pistons the Memory Level number will be sent Bank Select Receive program change Only and mem level Select and mem Level if a you play back a sequence in which you changed Memory Levels during the sequence or b you have another Rodgers organ or remote keyboard connected AND your Recv menu above is set to Pistons the Memory Level number will be rec...

Page 35: ... Aux Inputs of the console Bass 14 14 The treble EQ of the device connected to the Aux Inputs of the console Amb Lvl Off 31 25 6 25 Changes the Ambience Level sensitivity to the organ s Room Modeling settings of the device connected to the Aux Inputs of the console Gain Boost 0 18 5 Changes the Gain Boost of the device connected to the Aux Inputs of the console Caution this value is set by your Ro...

Page 36: ... extremely right Treble 14 14 The treble EQ of the device connected to the Aux Inputs of the console Bass 14 14 The bass EQ of the device connected to the Aux Inputs of the console Amb Lvl Off 31 25 6 25 The ambience level sensitivity to the organ s Room Modeling settings of the device connected to the Aux Inputs of the console Rotate the Select Knob Aux Inputs Gain Boost 0 18 5 The gain boost of ...

Page 37: ... Mean Tone temperament Werckmeister III Four tones are practically tuned identically to Equal temperament C D F and A Young I Temperament Young II Young temperaments offer further refinements to the Mean Tone model except with slightly higher pitched sharps A part of Dimensional Sound Modeling Rodgers exclusive Digital Dynamic Wind emulates the behavior of pipe organ wind regulating devices and th...

Page 38: ...the display by holding SET and pressing 0 Cancel momentarily A User Settings Saved message will appear in the display Room Modeling A component of Dimensional Sound Modeling Rodgers Sound Modeling system allows you to specify the acoustic you desire Room Modeling uses leading edge technology to go beyond three dimensional sound and create a sense of distance shape and ambience to the organ sound i...

Page 39: ...xplanation Crescendo Set Stage 1 63 The process to set a Crescendo sequence Refer to AG Advanced Guide Lock Sequence Locked Unlocked Standard or Alternate Crescendo Delete Perform delete no yes Push SET to delete Reverts to factory setting Tutti Lock Depending on model the organ may have one or two Tuttis may be engraved FULL ORGAN or SFZ depending on model set by the Rodgers factory or by a Rodge...

Page 40: ...t means the stops and couplers do not light up or move if the console has mechanical controls when a Tutti or Crescendo is engaged Visible means the appropriate controls will light up on lighted consoles only when a Tutti or Crescendo is engaged Operate means the appropriate controls will physically move and turn on on moving drawknob consoles when a Tutti or Crescendo is engaged The organist can ...

Page 41: ...pha Dial to select the desired memory level Rotate the Select Knob clockwise to select unlocked Rotate the Alpha Dial to change the value to locked Press SET to send this Memory Bank data to an external sequencer connected to the organ Copy From 1 to 0 Folder A int Press SET 0 to copy Rotate Alpha Dial to select memory level Memory Banks Delete 1 Delete memory No SET to Delete Rotate Alpha Dial to...

Page 42: ...re Usage in Optimal Conditions Handling Do not write on the keyboard with any pen or other implement and do not stamp or place any marking on the instrument Ink will seep into the surface lines and become unremovable Do not affix stickers on the keyboard You may be unable to remove stickers that use strong adhesives and the adhesive may cause discoloration Care and Maintenance Please note the foll...

Page 43: ...on G Any defects or damages which may have occurred by ordinary wear and tear H Any and all accessories peripheral products or other equipment I Any defects or damage that resulted from commercial use of the product IN NO EVENT SHALL RODGERS INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INCIDENTAL COLLATERAL EXEMPLARY PUNITIVE CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES ARISING OUT OF YOUR PURCH...

Page 44: ...on 13 17 General cancel Thumb Piston 11 General Pistons 16 General Thumb Pistons 11 General Toe Pistons 11 Great Manual 12 15 Great Stops 11 Great Pedal Enclosed 18 Great Pedal Unenclosed 18 Handling 42 Headphone Jack 11 Headphone Settings 36 Improvisation 30 Intermanual Coupler 14 Intramanual Coupler 14 Keyboards 12 34 Limited Warranty 43 Line Out 35 Locking a Combination Memory 22 Main Power Swi...

Page 45: ...26 32 Set a Piston 16 SET Piston 11 15 16 Solo Stops 11 Solo to Choir Expression 18 Sound Modeling 9 10 20 37 38 Standard Crescendo 20 Stops 12 13 25 28 29 34 38 Strings 27 28 Sub Couplers 14 Super Couplers 14 Swell Manual 12 15 Swell Stops 11 Swell to Swell 14 Temperament 37 Toe Pistons 25 Transposer 20 25 Tremulants 13 26 37 Tutti 18 19 32 39 40 Unenclosed 18 Unison Off 15 Unlocking a Combinatio...

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