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HILLSBORO,

OREGON

U.S.A.

TOPPER

OWNER'S MANUAL

Rodgers

Organ

Company

1300

N.E.

25th

Avenue

Hillsboro,

Oregon

97123

TABLE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ORGAN

VOICES

Diapasons

Flutes

Strings

Reeds

Color

Code

PITCH

INDICATIONS

DIVISIONAL

CHARACTERISTICS

Solo

Division

Accompaniment

Division

Pedal

Division

TREMULANTS

GENERAL

CONTROLS

PRESETS

RHYTHMAKER

TRANSPOSER

REGISTRATION

SUGGESTIONS

WARRANTY

INFORMATION

TOPPER

OWNER'S

MANUAL

This

manual

guide

help

you

understand

and

play

the

most

advanced

home

organ

available,

the

"TOPPER,"

Rodgers.

Its

handsome

console

will

blend

with

any

furniture

style

and

its

unique

"Tone

Array

Panel"

provides

renowned

Rodgers

organ

sounds

the

touch,

finger.

The

layout

your

"TOPPER"

conforms

the

standard

two

manual

home

organ

concept.

The

top

manual

(keyboard)

called

the

Solo

Manual.

The

Solo

Manual

contains

stops

having

solo

qualities

(color

and

brilliance)

well

ensemble

voices

(voices

that

blend

together).

The

bottom

manual

(keyboard)

called

the

Accompani-

ment

Manual.

The

Accompaniment

Manual

provides

voices

that

give

suitable

accompaniment

the

solo

and

ensemble

voices

the

Solo

Manual.

The

keyboards

have

keys

with

complete

range

from

bottom

16'

the

top

the

2'.

There

doubling

back

any

stop.

The

Pedal

Clavier

(so

named

because

the

keyboard

for

the

feet)

has

25.

pedals

and

provides

the

bass

tones

for

the

undergirth

the

total

organ.

The

switches

that

turn

the

voices

organ

and

off

are

called

Stops.

The "TOPPER"

unique

that

requires

physical

movement

turn

stops

and

off,

but

rather

uses

light

touch

the

conveniently

located

touch

switches.

-2-

The

following

photo

shows

the

"'TONE

ARRAY

PANEL"

with

indications

the

location

the

following

divisions:

Solo

Voices,

Solo

Percussions,

Accompaniment

Voices,

Pedal

Voices,

General

Controls,

Trernulants,

and

Transposer

controls.

-3-

Notice

the

layout

·the

"Tone

Array

Panel."

The ·"Tone

Array

Panel"

will

hereafter

abbreviated

TAP. Your

first

step

turn

the

organ

"on".

Look

the

upper

right

hand

corner

the

TAP

and

turn

the

switch

marked

"Power"

down

the

"on"

position.

Next,

double

check

the

position

the

switch

labeled

"Console

Speakers".

This

switch

must

the

"on"

position

allow

the

organ

~ound

thrqugh

~ts

self-contained

speaker

system

(likewise

the

"External

Speaker"

swi

tch

must

.be

the

on"

posi

tion

there

are

external

tone

cabinets

that

you

wish

sound).

Now

your

"TOPPER"

ready

play.

You

will

notice

that

the

stop

name

constantly

illuminated

and

there

small

transluscent

square

located

directly

above

each

stop.

this

small

square

lit,

the

stop

directly

below

on;

the

light

off,

the

stop

off.

--NOTE: The

only

time

these

small

lights

will

not

respond

the

TAP

when

any

the

five

presets

are

engaged

and

the

STOPRAIL

piston

not

illuminated.

(See

section

Presets.)

There

are

gold

colored

pads

the

top

and

bottom

each

stop.

These

are

the

~asily

activat~d

stop

switches.

-4-

Simply

touch

the

pad

with

gentle,

but

firm,

touch.

There

need

"poke"

"stab"

the

switch,

responds

very

small

amount

pressure.

-5-

ORGAN

VOICES

The

organ

has

many

different

voices

various

tonal

qualities.

There

are

four

main

classifications

organ

voices.

DIAPASONS

This

voice

family

the

backbone

classic

(church)

organ

tone.

unique

the

organ,

not

being

imitative

any

orchestral

voice.

The

Diapasons

are

the

16',

8',

and

pitch

level

the

Solo

Manual;

and

the

Accompaniment

Manual,

and

16'

the

Pedal.

The

Diapasons

(DI-A-PA-SON)

are

best

used

ensemble

voices

(blending

voices)

rather

than

solo

voice.

FLUTES

The

Flute

voices

are

imitative

orchestral

flutes.

(Play

the

Flute

the

Solo

Manual--upper

keyboard--

simulate

orchestral

flute.)

They

are

most

commonly

used

and

heard

with

wide

and

rapid

tremulant

(Leslie

Tremulant)

which

began

important

characteristic

o·f

the

theatre

organ.

(Try

16'

and

Flutes

theSo10

Manual

with

the

Leslie

Tremulant

fast

mode.)

The

Flutes

are

the

Solo

Manual

from

16'

through

and

the

-6-

Accompaniment

Manua1_

8',

4',

and

2',

and

the

Pedal

16'

and

8'.

Loud

Flutes

are

often

called

Tibia:s,

which

was

the

characteristic

"weeping"

Flute

stop

theatre

pipe

organs.

STRINGS

These

voices

are

imitative

the

string

family

such

the

Violin,

Cello,

and

String

Bass.

These

can

either

solo

voices

(SOLO

VIOLIN)

ensemble

voices

(blending

voices)

such

the

Cello

the

Accompaniment

Manual.

REEDS

These

voices

are

named

because

pipe

organ

they

are

produced

by a

reed

hitting

block

metal.

and

the

vibra-

tions

carried

up a

tube

called

resonator.

Such

voices

the

Trumpet,

Clarinet,

Saxophone,

French

Horn,

Vox

Humana,

etc.,

are

reed

voices.

The Vox Humana

best

use'd

ensemble

(blending)

voice

most

commonly

combined

with

the

Flute

voices

the

same

pitch.

All

other

reed

voices

are

best

classified

solo

voices.

--NOTE:

All

the

Flute

voices

each

division

are

grouped

together

for

easier

identification.

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