Attn Mr. Mike Bennett, Saied Music Company / Rodgers Organs
I wanted to contact you regarding your installation with my thoughts and comments on the Trillium 927 that is now an important part of our musical liturgy.
I believe that this is truly a remarkable instrument and I want to explain my reasons for selecting Rodgers over the other three candidates that we considered carefully as viable options for our parish of nearly 550 families.
For me this has been my third installation of an organ console in three parishes that I have been involved with, I can honestly say, it has also been painless and enjoyable. My search started early 2005 and I spent much time traveling to parishes to view installations and to talk with the organists that were using these recent installations. I believe your sales ethics, the attitude of yourself and representatives from Rodgers, your product knowledge and subsequent support since the installation have been all that I could have hoped for. I certainly have no concerns to recommend yourself, Rodgers or Saied Music Company.
I want to touch on my feelings about the instrument and the installation. I am an avid carpenter in my spare time and I have found the product cabinetry to be fitting with the environment for which it was intended. I did not find this from all of the other manufacturers and I would therefore encourage perspective purchasers to look very carefully at perspective candidates (including inside the instrument) regarding the cabinetry and finish. The Rodgers 927 feels solid and on close inspection you will find it to be very well crafted. The speakers and amplifiers all seem to be performing well and we will monitor how they fair with time, but they seem outstanding to date, there is truly a lot of sound from a limited size (A function of the existing enclosure space we had available to us)
Sound and performance, lets face it, most of us wish to be playing a pipe organ, but this digital alternative to me feels and sounds like a majestic pipe organ in a large building. The samples employed are truly outstanding and when voiced to the acoustic environment they sound true to the wind based counterparts. "If I close my eyes, I truly cannot believe it's not a pipe organ”
The Rodgers Organ is a magnificent instrument on its own. With its MX200 sound expander opening up an array of orchestral voices that complement the wonderful existing and additional organ tones coupled with the dedicated MR200 sequencer from a musicians standpoint, there is a wealth of possibilities now open to me. I am excited that I can now direct my choir again without need for a separate organist, and I can ensure that Sundays without an organist are covered by use of the sequencer.
I am looking forward to the start of the new choir year and I will be spending many enjoyable hours over the summer scratching at the surface of what this installation can do in preparation for my new choir year in September 2005.
I have no regrets and I would encourage you to view and hear our installation at St Anne’s, I think the instrument will speak for itself.
Sincerely,
Jon Grigson
Director of Music
St Anne Catholic Church
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