gebbytoo
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Hello everyone,
I will be starting a full-time organist job at Blessed Sacrament Church in Providence, RI in September. I have substituted at a few masses there in the past. I still haven't figured out, however, how to set the general and divisional pistons on the organ. It is an Aeolian-Skinner organ (I used to have the opus number, but the archive site with the opus lists went down). There are no digital components, (although I think the action is electric), therefore I think think there is only one level of memory. There is no set button or anything like it, so the usual way of setting the memory on newer organs doesn't work.
I have tried to hold down a piston and then set the stops, but the already preset stops won't go back in while the piston is depressed.
First of all, is there a way to reset the memory? It is a relatively small organ so setting registration manually is not a huge problem, but it would be helpful during masses to have my own combinations set.
If there is a way, does anyone have any suggestions on what to try?
Just throw out any ideas you have and I will try them.
Thanks for all your help,
Mike G.
I will be starting a full-time organist job at Blessed Sacrament Church in Providence, RI in September. I have substituted at a few masses there in the past. I still haven't figured out, however, how to set the general and divisional pistons on the organ. It is an Aeolian-Skinner organ (I used to have the opus number, but the archive site with the opus lists went down). There are no digital components, (although I think the action is electric), therefore I think think there is only one level of memory. There is no set button or anything like it, so the usual way of setting the memory on newer organs doesn't work.
I have tried to hold down a piston and then set the stops, but the already preset stops won't go back in while the piston is depressed.
First of all, is there a way to reset the memory? It is a relatively small organ so setting registration manually is not a huge problem, but it would be helpful during masses to have my own combinations set.
If there is a way, does anyone have any suggestions on what to try?
Just throw out any ideas you have and I will try them.
Thanks for all your help,
Mike G.