Rodgers' NEW 588

The popular and affordable Rodgers 500 series of organs has a new flagship 3-manual model. 

The release of the model 588 happened on January 19, 2012 at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) convention held in Anaheim, California.

We hope to have one in the Chicago Showroom by March 2012.

The RODGERS 588 has a very large specification with a small price tag.  Here are some of the features of the 558:

• 156 stops, equivalent to 205 ranks of pipes!
• 104 Additional User-MIDI voices, assignable to ANY division of the organ at ANY pitch. This includes and additional 89 pipe organ stops (for a total of over 243 pipe organ stops) plus 15 Roland Orchestral voices. 
• Organ-Type piston instantly activates English, French, German, etc. Stops
• Stoplist includes 32' pedal voices, Festival Trumpets, Zimbelstern, Chimes, etc.
• 2 MIDI Channels per division (twice the midi of any competitor).
•  Divided Expression and Crescendo Pedals.
• AGO Pedalboard.
• Built on the Roland SSC Platform for unsurpassed sound quality and voicing capabilities.
• 10 general pistons + 5 divisional pistons per keyboard
• 20 Memory banks
• Record and Playback
• USB port for easy storage of your registrations and performances
• 350 hymn tunes with introductions, built-in for easy playback
• Exclusive Built-in Practice Assistant with 40 Demo Songs.
• 10 toe studs (programmable) 
• Stereo Headphone Jack
• 12-step Transposer
• Bass coupler and two Melody Couplers to assist piano-trained musicians
• Locking roll-top
• Matching bench with music storage (optional adjustable bench)
• Velocity-Sensitive "Ivory Feel" keyboards with optional tracker touch.
• Prepared for Future Windblown Pipes.