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Page 1: ...Rodgers T967 Owner s Manual Copyright Rodgers Instruments LLC...

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Page 3: ...described in the operating instructions or as marked on the instrument 10 Do NOT attempt to defeat the grounding connection of the three prong attachment plug This is a safety feature If you are unabl...

Page 4: ...rce of the interference Disconnect the peripheral devices and their input output cables one at a time If the interference stops it is caused by the peripheral device or its I O cable Try coiling and u...

Page 5: ...product Notice to Users Information in this document is subject to change without notice No part of this manual may be translated into any language stored in a retrieval system reproduced or transmit...

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Page 7: ...t Registrations 4 About General and Divisional Pistons 5 Setting a Piston 6 Combination Memory Levels 7 Unlocking and Locking a Combination Memory 7 Reversibles 8 Expression Shoes and Controls 8 Great...

Page 8: ...Crescendo Sequences 24 Tremulant Controls 24 Adjusting Tremulant Settings 25 TUTTI Settings 26 Viewing Tutti Setting 26 Unlocking or Locking Tuttis 26 Setting Tutti 27 Restoring Factory Tutti Setting...

Page 9: ...s 36 Other Families 37 Pitch Designations 37 Celeste ranks 38 More about Couplers 38 Intermanual couplers 39 Intramanual couplers 40 Pedal Great Piston Coupler 41 Temperaments 41 Ancient Temperaments...

Page 10: ...56 MIDI Channel 59 Octave Shift 61 Velocity 62 Pan 65 Sustain Sostenuto Soft 66 Reverb 67 Chorus 67 Expression 68 Global MIDI Settings 69 All Notes Off Command 69 Master Channels 69 Registrations 71 M...

Page 11: ...ons 85 Factory Default Combination Settings 86 Restoring Factory Default Combination Settings 86 Demonstration Tools 86 Accessing the Rodgers Ambiance Demo 86 Playing the Demo Songs 87 CARE AND MAINTE...

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Page 13: ...any musical 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 T967 is a perfect...

Page 14: ...e 1 Console Controls Turn On Turn Off To turn the organ on 1 Press and hold the top part of the On Off switch in the left panel until RODGERS T967 CLASSIC ORGAN or your personalized greeting appears i...

Page 15: ...V etc A stop will sound if it is activated and keys or pedals which control it are depressed For example the Principal 8 stop in the Great division will sound if it is activated and notes are played o...

Page 16: ...r of these couplers will move the Solo division to another manual Manual I is the bottom manual the Choir Manual II is the middle manual the Great These couplers behave differently than traditional in...

Page 17: ...eat and Swell manual In addition they are duplicated on toe pistons to the left of the expression shoes To recall a registration stored on a general piston you could press either the corresponding thu...

Page 18: ...variety of wonderful musical effects However the contents of any piston can be easily changed to suit your particular needs To set a new registration on a piston 1 Select the desired stops couplers a...

Page 19: ...select a memory level 1 Press the corresponding memory piston M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 or M6 It will light When the organ is powered on M1 is automatically selected Unlocking and Locking a Combination Memory Wh...

Page 20: ...e will activate them pressing them again will turn them off These reversibles located on thumb and toe pistons are especially useful in a performance when you want to quickly activate or remove a sing...

Page 21: ...ton activated the Festival Trumpet 8 stop is enclosed and will be expressed by the Choir expression shoe Solo to Choir Expression Normally the Solo division expresses with the Swell when the Swell exp...

Page 22: ...turn to the Transposer by pressing the General Cancel thumb piston Turning the Select knob while TRANSPOSER 0 is displayed lowers or raises the pitch of the organ as much as four semitones half steps...

Page 23: ...dicator located directly above the Crescendo indicator is lit Pressing General Cancel will cancel Tutti When programmed at the Rodgers factory Tutti I is a smaller registration than Tutti II Melody Co...

Page 24: ...the Melody couplers described above except that it adds the Pedal registration to the lowest note played on the Great manual This allows you to easily add a Pedal part to anything played on the Great...

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Page 26: ...Dial changes selected item The following section will describe how the Console display is used outline the basic navigation techniques and give you a map of what can be found and set by the organist...

Page 27: ...U piston Menu items related to the selected category will be displayed 4 Rotate the Select knob to display a particular menu name or item 5 Rotate the Alpha dial to change the setting Press the QUICKM...

Page 28: ...cted menu or item is highlighted 3 Turn Alpha dial to change settings FromQuickMen Press and release 1 2 Turn Select knob 3 and turn Select knob With SET piston Select knob and and turn Select knob to...

Page 29: ...a listing of all of the parameters and controls which can be accessed and changed Use the following table to familiarize yourself with the wide variety of controls available to you and see where they...

Page 30: ...ITCH OFF SUST SOST SOFT REVERB 0 127 CHORUS 0 127 EXPRESSION VOL EXP OFF MIDI SETTINGS SEE PAGE 69 MULTITRACK ON OFF THESE APPEAR ONLY WHEN MULTITRACK IS OFF MASTER CHANNEL PD GT SW CH SO FT OFF SEND...

Page 31: ...GAIN 0 18 75 LINE OUT MODE STEREO MONO PIPE MODELING TEMPERAMENT SEE PAGE 42 EQUAL MEAN TONE PYTHAGOREAN KIRNBERGER WERKMSTER I WERKMSTER III YOUNG I YOUNG II WIND SUPPLY SEE PAGE 43 FLEXIBLE NORMAL...

Page 32: ...is set to standard concert pitch A 440 0 Hz However it can easily and quickly be tuned flat or sharp to match the pitch of another musical instrument such as a piano or harp The Master Tuning control...

Page 33: ...ese selections will unlock the Master Tuning control 7 Press General Cancel 0 to save your changes and exit The instrument will remember this selection when it is powered off Adjusting Pitch Once the...

Page 34: ...endo reaches that stage As an example assume the SWELL 8 BOURDON is to turn on at stage 1 and off at stage 25 At stage 1 you would turn on the SWELL 8 BOURDON at stage 25 you would turn it off Unlocki...

Page 35: ...of the sequence or you re finished making stop changes Remember to add a stop or combination of stops to the sequence go to the desired stage select them and press SET to delete a stop or combination...

Page 36: ...remulant Controls The first section of this manual described how tremulants are activated what stops they control and how they are often used Another impressive feature of the T967 are the User Adjust...

Page 37: ...s selected Main II Principal Reed and String Activated when MAIN TREM II is selected Spare Reserved for custom use Flute Flute Activated when Choir Tremulant is selected Choir Flute II Flute Activated...

Page 38: ...tti Setting Normally stops stored in a Tutti do not light when the control is activated To cause all stored stops and couplers to light so that either Tutti can be viewed 1 Press and hold the TUTTI I...

Page 39: ...actory default 1 Make certain Tuttis are unlocked see Unlocking or Locking Tuttis on Page 26 2 Press and hold TUTTI I or TUTTI II After five seconds the console display reads TUTTI UNLOCKED 3 While co...

Page 40: ...and extends to key 25 on the Great manual the top note of its range may be changed Setting Range of Melody Couplers To change the range of a Melody Coupler 1 Press and hold the SET piston then press...

Page 41: ...e Baroque period The Zimbelstern is activated by a lighted reversible piston ZIMBEL located under the left side of the Swell manual or by a toe piston Press either piston to activate the Zimbelstern p...

Page 42: ...l piston Controlling Pipes One of the great innovations from Rodgers is the successful elegant marriage of traditional organ pipes and digitally sampled voices In fact any of the stops in the Rodgers...

Page 43: ...introduced to the powerful and flexible combination action of the T967 You learned that the T967 is able to store pistons on multiple internal memories allowing you to easily save and recall registrat...

Page 44: ...saved to the SmartCard however the card will be used rather than the internal memory To save registrations onto a SmartCard 1 Select the desired memory level by pressing pistons M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 or M6 2...

Page 45: ...folder is used to store groups of information on the SmartCard In this case each folder can contain a copy of each console memory level plus a copy of the Crescendo sequence Tutti and other settings...

Page 46: ...Storing Crescendo Sequences and Tutti Settings on a SmartCard In addition to the combination memory levels the SmartCard can also store copies of Standard and Alternate Crescendo sequences and Tutti...

Page 47: ...ect when the card is inserted The settings stored on the SmartCard are Melody Note Range Master Tuning Lock Status Bass Note Range Tremulant Adjustments Wind Stabilizer status Console Lamp Intensity S...

Page 48: ...chorus registrations Examples of stops belonging to the Principal family are Principal Octave Super Octave Choralbass and Prestant In addition mixture stops with names such as Fourniture Mixture and P...

Page 49: ...gs and Slow Strings Choral voices are represented by SATB Oo and Soprano Ah textures Pitch Designations The stops and couplers on your Rodgers T967 each have a pitch designation listed in feet 8 4 16...

Page 50: ...s are unique among organ stops in that they are intentionally tuned sharp or flat in relation to the rest of the instrument Celestes are paired with a partner rank often called a unison which is simil...

Page 51: ...specifies the pitch at which the division is to be coupled 8 is concert pitch in organ nomenclature when using an 8 coupler the division is coupled at its normal pitch 4 pitch is an octave above 8 pi...

Page 52: ...rs are often known as a sub octave couplers When the SWELL TO SWELL 4 coupler is used a single note played on the Swell manual will cause both the note which is played and the note one octave above to...

Page 53: ...release QUICKMENU 4 Rotate the Alpha Dial to select On or Off 5 Press General Cancel 0 to exit Temperaments In recent years there has been a renewed interest in authentic interpretation of organ liter...

Page 54: ...nberger 1721 1783 was a German composer and pupil of Bach from 1739 and 1741 His temperament favored pure fifths as in the Pythagorean model but performance was improved in many keys Werckmeister I an...

Page 55: ...ale flute voices and least upon narrow scaled string voices Even though this results in significant detuning the human ear seems to perceive instead an increase in ensemble effect A part of Dimensiona...

Page 56: ...yclic temperature variations The Random Detuning feature causes selected notes to receive a small amount of detuning The amount of detuning is chosen at random for each note of each voice Some notes a...

Page 57: ...he expression shoes you can set the division to Unenclosed UnEncl This setting however is usually only selected when installing a pipe electronic combination organ with enclosed pipe divisions When sp...

Page 58: ...you can also choose whether that particular stop uses the default Principal 8 rank or one of the stop s two Voice Palette choices the Diapason 8 rank or the Prinzipal 8 rank Any of these three selecti...

Page 59: ...ice for the Pedal stop in this example another could specify the Violone 16 voice A complete listing of T967 stops and their Voice Palette alternatives if any follows DIVISION STOP VOICE PALETTE ALTER...

Page 60: ...ne 16 Double Trumpet 16 Trompete 8 Trumpet 8 Chimes Harpsichord Handbells Swell Bourdon Doux 16 Contre Gambe 16 Geigen Principal 8 Geigen Diapason 8 Bourdon 8 Fl te Harmonique 8 Tibia 8 Viole de Gambe...

Page 61: ...tival Trumpet 8 Tuba 8 Harp Solo Violoncello Celeste II 8 Strings Slow Strings Amens Alleluias Flauto Mirabilis 8 Brass Boychoir Ah Soprano Ah Harmonic Flute 4 SATB Ah SATB Oo Gospel Oh French Horn 8...

Page 62: ...4 Rotate the Select knob to highlight Master Volume 5 Press QUICKMENU to select Master Volume The following screen is displayed A u d i o C o n t r o l s M a s t e r V o l u m e 0 0 0 6 Turn the Alpha...

Page 63: ...headphones the Headphone menu replaces the Master Volume menu This menu allows the adjustment of volume balance bass and treble heard through the headphones These adjustments do not affect the organ...

Page 64: ...uxiliary inputs Adjusting Auxiliary Inputs To adjust the settings for the Auxiliary Inputs 1 Press the QUICKMENU piston 2 Rotate the Select knob to highlight Audio Controls 3 Press the QUICKMENU pisto...

Page 65: ...g edge technology to go beyond three dimensional sound and create a sense of distance shape and ambience to what is heard in the room What s more the menu system is extremely descriptive and intuitive...

Page 66: ...s pitch Settings are Locked Adjustable and Manual Only See Master Tuning on Page 20 Time Set Sets the clock Rotate the Select knob to select hour minute or AM PM then change selected value by rotating...

Page 67: ...ide great flexibility in the way a sound is controlled These parameters are Parameter Description Tone Specifies the sound or effect controlled by the MIDI coupler Channel Specifies the MIDI channel u...

Page 68: ...g it is ready to be programmed and a screen similar to the following is displayed M I D I C o u p l e r G T A H a r p s i c h o r d P G M M S B L S B 0 0 7 0 0 0 O f f 2 Rotate the Alpha dial to selec...

Page 69: ...g a tone in an external MIDI sound module the organ sends up to three separate MIDI messages a Program Change message and one or two Bank Select or variation messages When selecting tones by name as o...

Page 70: ...and Bank Select messages are sent each time the coupler piston is activated A selected MIDI sound on a MIDI coupler piston can be saved on a General or Divisional combination piston for immediate reca...

Page 71: ...le Program Change messages The GS Standard honors that same standard list of GM sounds but also allows access to more than those 128 sounds through the use of Bank Select messages using the MSB comman...

Page 72: ...ally you won t need to reassign the Great A MIDI coupler channel to use most MIDI sound modules However there will be times when it is necessary or desirable to send MIDI information on a channel othe...

Page 73: ...a down one octave so that it plays at a more normal pitch Another nice effect is to use both MIDI couplers in a division to control a soft ensemble sound such as Slow Strings but set one coupler to pl...

Page 74: ...fixed value between 2 127 Expression Velocity velocity value is controlled by the position of the expression shoe Keyboard Velocity keyboard responds to velocity from player s fingers Fixed Velocity...

Page 75: ...the velocity value of notes played increases as the expression shoe is closed the velocity value decreases This mode allows you to control both overall level and the attack characteristic of instrume...

Page 76: ...ed by the actual physical force used when the key is played just like a piano keyboard The harder the key is depressed the louder the note and sharper the attack This is especially useful when control...

Page 77: ...rectly between left and right As the value is decreased the instrument moves further and further into the left side of the stereo field A value of 64 denotes the instrument is as far left as possible...

Page 78: ...the switch to deactivate Each MIDI coupler can be set to perform these functions Enabling Disabling a Foot Switch Function for a MIDI Coupler To enable or disable a foot switch function for a MIDI cou...

Page 79: ...on pistons which are set while the MIDI coupler is activated will also store the Reverb value A MIDI Save may be performed to save this setting as the default See MIDI Save on page 80 Chorus An indepe...

Page 80: ...tone In most MIDI applications Volume CC 07 is used to set relative balances among the various parts while Expression CC 11 is used to create changes in the level of each part Because it was the first...

Page 81: ...sionally it is desirable to send a MIDI All Notes Off message from a keyboard to reset notes played by external equipment To send an All Notes Off message from the T967 Sequencer Out and MIDI Out port...

Page 82: ...eyboard to the organ on a Master Channel will cause the respective keyboard or pedalboard to play For example sending notes on channel 12 will cause the same effect as playing those identical notes on...

Page 83: ...e SysEx messages Every time there is a change in a stop or coupler a SysEx message is generated by the organ which gives the updated status of all stops and couplers Each of these SysEx messages then...

Page 84: ...setups the controlling console is referred to as the Master and the console played from a remote location is known as the Slave In order for the two consoles to communicate a MIDI connection must be m...

Page 85: ...an is in Multitrack Mode the following changes occur 1 The transmission of note and volume information on all Master Channels is disabled 2 Stop piston information is no longer sent when a piston is p...

Page 86: ...and playing notes won t result in any sound being heard However the instrument still transmits MIDI information which can be recorded or used to control a separate Rodgers organ This feature can be us...

Page 87: ...e bank select and expression information for all active MIDI couplers when a Start command is received The Sequencer Update control in the MIDI Settings menu defines how the organ responds to Start St...

Page 88: ...Sequencer Update setting The following screen is displayed M I D I S e t t i n g s S e q U p d a t e O N K b d V e l o c i t y L I G H T 6 Rotate the Alpha dial to select desired setting OFF or ON 7 P...

Page 89: ...to select the Keyboard Velocity parameter The following screen is displayed M I D I S e t t i n g s K e y b d V e l o c i t y L I G H T D e v i c e I D 1 7 6 Rotate the Alpha dial to select the desir...

Page 90: ...h older Rodgers PDI and C Series organs In most cases the ID will not need to be changed Setting MIDI Device ID To select a different MIDI Device ID 1 Press and release the QUICKMENU piston 2 Rotate t...

Page 91: ...l for your MIDI device to determine the values to use for each Setting the Tone Names Parameter To set the Tone Names Parameter 1 Press the QUICKMENU piston 2 Rotate the Select knob to highlight MIDI...

Page 92: ...t be changed and saved using the MIDI Save procedure Saving MIDI Control Settings To perform the MIDI Save procedure 1 While in any MIDI menu make the desired changes 2 Press and hold the SET piston t...

Page 93: ...mation 3 Stop the sequencer as soon as a memory piston M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 or M6 begins to flash This indicates that a memory has been received by the organ The particular memory piston which flashes denot...

Page 94: ...organ before playing back the next If a Rodgers SmartCard is inserted when recording or playing back combination memories and the card memory is in use for the memory level being saved restored the m...

Page 95: ...3 Sesquialtera II Siffl te 1 Jeu de Clochette II Mixture IV Rauschquinte IV Dulzian 16 Corno di Bassetto 16 Rankett 16 Trompette Harmonique 8 Cromorne 8 French Horn 8 Festival Trumpet 8 Tuba 8 Harp T...

Page 96: ...e Bourdon 32 toe Contre Bombarde 32 toe COMBINATION PISTONS Great 1 2 3 4 5 6 thumb Swell 1 2 3 4 5 6 thumb Choir 1 2 3 4 5 6 thumb Pedal 1 2 3 4 5 toe General 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 thumb and toe...

Page 97: ...R GREAT TO SWELL GREAT TO SWELL CHOIR TO PEDAL PEDAL TO SOLO GREAT TO PEDAL PEDAL TO PEDAL TO PEDAL TO SWELL SWELL CHOIR SWELL TO GREAT CHOIR TO GREAT SWELL TO CHOIR 8 8 8 II GEN 0 GEN 0 GEN 0 GEN 0 G...

Page 98: ...both pistons The memory has been returned to factory defaults Demonstration Tools The T967 organ has two demonstration tools which allow you to display the exceptional functionality and sound quality...

Page 99: ...are a number of factory included demo songs stored inside your instrument These songs are non changeable Additional songs may be stored on a SmartCard and accessed via the same screens and controls Y...

Page 100: ...ithout playing the song During playback the following screen is displayed D e m o P l a y i n g S o n g 1 S 0 6 During playback pressing SET will pause the song and causes the SET piston to flash pres...

Page 101: ...es the Rodgers console impermeable to many harmful substances The resulting finish is lasting and easy to keep looking beautiful Following are a few tips on caring for your Rodgers organ Console and P...

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Page 103: ...endo sequence and Tutti deleting from card 34 storing on card 34 Crescendo sequences 10 Crescendo setting restoring factory default 24 Crescendo shoe 9 deleting a memory 35 detuning random 44 device I...

Page 104: ...Digital Dynamic Wind 43 random detuning 44 temperaments 41 power off 2 31 power on 2 Program Change 58 59 random detuning 44 restoring factory Crescendo setting 24 reversible pistons 8 safety iii savi...

Page 105: ...card 35 Tuning master see Master Tuning 20 user menus with SET and Select 15 velocity keyboard 64 MIDI 62 viewing Crescendo sequence 23 Voice Palette 1 14 47 accessing 46 volume master volume 50 wind...

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