Rodgers Infinity 367 MV Organ, St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Lancaster, PA
St. John Neumann Catholic Church were the owners of an early Rodgers Organ, the model 220, from the late 1970s. Discussions about a new organ began a few years ago, then the Jubilee year came. Fr. Powell decided it was time for a new instrument and he chose the Rodgers Infinity 367 MV. As you can see, the nave of St. John Neumann is perfectly suited for this organ and vice versa, featuring a main chamber in the front (behind the altar), a gallery chamber high in the back of the nave and a small chamber above the choir for those occasions when the organ is used for their accompaniment.
The sheer magnitude of this organ cannot be fully expounded upon here, but the organ functions perfectly in this space. The Infinity 367 features 22 channels of audio, 13 in the Main Chamber, 6 in the Gallery and 3 in the Choir Chamber. The Main Organ consists of the Great, Swell, Choir divisions and a portion of the Pedal organ; the Gallery features the Solo and Bombardes of the organ, along with 2 additional bass channels, while the Choir chamber houses 2 full-range channels with an additional bass channel.
Rodgers Infinity 367 MV features 3-manuals and pedal, 67 Mechanical drawknob controls with a floating Solo Division. Antiphonal switching to accompany the choir is fully programmable at the touch of the control or a piston. The stoplist is enormous with 382 Organ stops and 61 Orchestral voices – ready for any literature!
This organ has so much life in the sound that you will be amazed at hearing or playing it. They are called Infinity quite appropiately – to exhaust the capabilities of this organ is inconceivable. You need to hear this organ!
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Rodgers Imagine 239 MV Organ, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Wellsboro, PA
It is not an uncommon story when a church is faced with not only a pipe organ rebuild AND needing a console rebuild that the resulting costs are over-whelming. It was for this reason that St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in the picturesque Northern Pennsylvania town of Wellsboro contacted Buch Organ Company for options. After hearing another Imagine series organ, though, it wasn’t just an option but an upgrade!
The Imagine 239 MV features the same samples found in the Rodgers Infinity series organs and is capable of pipe control, if needed. The church is enjoying the 44-stop mechanical drawknob organ which contains 238 pipe organ stops and 37 Orchestral voices, on 8 channels of audio (11 speaker cabinets) located in the pipe chamber.
The organ also features access to the library of organ stops and gorgeous orchestral voices by means of mechanical drawknobs, set as kind of a floating Solo division. This is a remarkably stunning organ that must be heard and played – its power, depth, grandeur and authenticity is greater than the church ever ‘imagined.’
Now the church has a reliable, beautiful sounding instrument with incredible tone, warmth, versatility and power. The Imagine 239 is truly a delight to play and hear!
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Rodgers Inspire 233 Organ, St. Monica Catholic Parish, Sunbury, PA
St. Monica Catholic Parish is now the proud new owner of a Rodgers Inpsire 233. The previous organ had seen many years of use but was ready for retirement and they were in need of an upgrade – and it was a huge upgrade! The new Rodgers Inspire 233 features 33 lighted tab controls, a total of 165 stops (5 stops per tab) and a library of 18 beautiful on-board Orchestral voices. The installation features 6 channels of audio, 5 new custom finished speaker cabinets in the rear corners of the 300-plus seat church.
This beautiful new organ is truly inspirational with its warm American classic samples and serves all the liturgies and services. The solidly built console is ergonomically designed, very comfortable to the touch and produces enchanting organ sound with its huge palette of tonal colors, thereby demonstrating Rodgers unique attention to the important aspsects of being a church organist!
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Rodgers Imagine 351 MV Organ, First Church of God, Carlisle, PA
The First Church of God had been a very happy Rodgers owner for many years and decided it was time to update their faithful friend with a new Rodgers Imagine 351 M. The organ boasts 51 mechanical drawknob stop controls, 198 stops, a library of 88 additional stops and 45 on-board Orchestral voices. The installation boasts 14 audio speakers divided in 2 chambers flanking the chancel of the 400 seat church.
Now the church has a reliable, beautiful sounding instrument with inspirational tone, warmth and power. This organ is truly a delight to play and thoroughly demonstrates the versatility of Rodgers Instruments US!
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Rodgers Inspire 233 Organ, Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Selinsgrove, PA
Salem Lutheran Church is now the proud new owner of a Rodgers Inpsire 233. After a fire in the church, the entire sanctuary needed to be refurbished and renovated and their previous Rodgers Organ had sustained much water and smoke damage. The new Rodgers Inspire 233 features 33 lighted tab controls, a total of 165 stops (5 stops per tab) and a library of 18 beautiful on-board Orchestral voices. The installation features 6 channels of audio, 8 new speaker cabinets in the 250-plus seat church.
This beautiful new organ is truly inspirational with its warm American classic samples and serves all the liturgies and services. The solidly built console is ergonomically designed, very comfortable to the touch and produces enchanting organ sound with its huge palette of tonal colors, thereby demonstrating Rodgers unique attention to the important aspsects of being a church organist!
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Rodgers Imagine 351M Hybrid Organ, Hope Episcopal Church, Manheim, PA
The Edwin G. Dunlap Organ of Hope Episcopal Church began as a labor of love by former and late organist, Edwin G. Dunlap. A relentless collector of pipe work, it was said that he had more pipe work in his home, garage and barn than the Wannamaker Organ! However, the tiny Episcopal church just South of Mt. Gretna, where Ed was the organist, would never have fit all of that pipe work. Ed’s solution was to install what he could and “hybridize” the rest. After Ed’s passing, his method of interfacing pipe and digital failed and the church was in need of an interface that worked and a company that would stand behind it. Enter Buch Organ Company.
The church’s desire was to carry on Ed’s wishes and legacy with a performance minded instrument that would also serve the parish in its worship. There was no finer choice than the Rodgers Imagine 351 M. The “M” stands for mechanical drawknob controls, and in keeping with the performer aspect, the organ also features real wood keyboards.
Now the church has a reliable, beautiful sounding instrument that can control the chimes, the mechanical zimbelstern, the electric slider chests, the unit chests and seamlessly fill it out with digital voices. The organ also boasts an antiphonal choir division on those occasions when a small choir is tasked to provide music or accompany a soloist. This organ is truly a delight to play and thoroughly demonstrates the versatility of Rodgers Instruments US!
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Rodgers Inspire 227, residence organ, Reading, PA
Formerly a pianist and now aspiring organist, Sandy was having difficulty preparing for her weekly joy of substituting at the organ in various nearby churches. Each church had a different organ, some pipe, some electronic, but the real problem was getting to practice in these spaces, especially during pandemic closures. Furthermore, winter heating protocols in churches are not conducive to hours of comfort, so Sandy sought out an organ for her home where she could prepare comfortably and duh, enjoy the sound! The obvious choice was the Rodgers Inspire 227.
Sandy is a diligent student who enjoys the different styles of literature, so the voice palette feature of the Rodgers Inspire organ allows her to practice Bach the way he may have heard it or Franck, a favorite, how he may have heard it. Congratulations Sandy and we wish you many good years at the organ!
Rodgers Infinity II 361 Organ, Zion Lutheran, Turbotville, PA
Prior to planning updates and upgrades to the church sanctuary, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Turbotville, PA had also decided to update the organ and upgrade to a Rodgers Infinity II 361 – a 3-manual and pedal organ with 61 Stop controls. The organ boasts nearly 400 actual stops, though, as well as MIDI functionality that organist Michael had never dreamed about.
The new organ consists of 24-channels of audio, including an Antiphonal/Positiv, Solo and Bombarde divisions, in addition to the Great, Swell, Choir and Pedal (see installation pictures at right). The new sanctuary features a beautifully enhanced acoustic in addition to the sparkling finishes. Congratulations Pastor and Michael!
Rodgers Infinity II 361 Organ, New Cumberland
St. Theresa Catholic Parish in New Cumberland, PA, near Harrisburg, is the proud owner of the phenomenal new Rodgers Infinity II 361 Church Organ. When the church became aware of their need for a new instrument, there was one major criteria in addition to authentic pipe organ sound and function – they needed a separate organ system to accompany the choir. The Rodgers Infinity II 361 was the solution to their quest and much more!
The architecture of the church is what some might call mid-century modern and the style of the nave is what many Catholic organists and priests alike refer to as the “theater” style. This mid-century style features a half-round nave with a very long front wall, in the middle of which is the Sanctuary. The seating slopes gently downward and the ceiling vaults upward as one approaches the Sanctuary (front wall). This style of architecture produces marvelous acoustics for organ and congregational singing, provided the proper surface treatments are in place. In the case of St. Theresa Parish, the nave will seat nearly 1100, making the front wall of the nave a full 185 feet.
