Editing Rodgers Instruments (section)

==Pipe organs==
[[File:Rodgers Console for Pipe Organ.jpg|thumb|left|Rodgers organ console for the [[Fratelli Ruffatti]] pipe organ at [[BYU-Idaho]]]]Although known primarily for its electronic organs, Rodgers has built many pipe organs and pipe/electronic combination organs.

Many Rodgers organs support the playing of actual pipe ranks in addition to their normal, electronic ranks.  The first electronic organ to successfully integrate pipes and electronic tone generation was a Rodgers Gemini with [[Fratelli Ruffatti]] organ pipes installed in the Atlanta area home of Dr. Walter and Emily Spivey<!-- The device this reference refers to does not appear to be a combination pipe/electronic organ - rather an electronic amplification system for a pipe organ with an electro-pneumatic action.  A larger view of the page shown on Amazon is available at http://www.old-print.com/mas_assets/full/E2181934106.jpg .  Perhaps someone who knows French could confirm this? <ref name=theWorldFirstHybridOrgan1934>The world first hybrid organ appeared in the 1930s.<br/>[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Synthetic-Radio-Church-Diagram-French/dp/B001RH0B68	Synthetic Radio Organ Church Diagram French Print 1934], The Illustration Newspaper of 1934, Paris</ref> -->.<ref name=RodgersOrganStudio/> It included a tuning control so the pipes and electronics could stay in tune with each other.

The largest full pipe organ produced by the company was the [[Second Baptist Church Houston]], Texas organ with five manuals and 187 pipe ranks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pipeorgandatabase.org/organ/24440|title = Pipe Organ Database &#124; Rodgers Organ Co. (Instrument Corp.) (1987) Second Baptist Church}}</ref> It was dedicated on August 23, 1987 and featured concerts on August 23 and 24th by organist [[Frederick Swann]]. In addition, it was the featured organ of the 1988 Houston National Convention of the American Guild of Organists where it was played by organist Diane Bish. However, the organ’s console was offered for sale on eBay in 2015 and the instrument is no longer used.

In August 1991, another large all-pipe Rodgers organ installed at Glenkirk Presbyterian Church, Glendora, California was the cover feature of The American Organist, official journal of the American Guild of Organists.