I created a paper template, in MS Word, that allows strips of stiff paper to be placed over a keyboard you are not using (e.g. the 4th manual of a 3-manual organ, etc.), so that the 61 white keys can be programmed to correspond to your stops.
https://adriandegroot.smugmug.com/Dutch-Pipe-Organs/i-r8KBxhG/A
The image shows a quick prototype on regular paper; it should ideally be on stiffer paper, and if anyone is interested in the template that you can fill out at your own leisure, then send me a PM with your email address and I'll send you the WORD file; you can highlight the entire table and then copy it, so you can design as many as you like.
All you need: heavy paper, printer that can handle that, paper cutter or scissors. Easy right? The hardest part is filling out the stops, and programming the white keys.
I believe that in practice this is faster than using your touchscreen. Mine went kaput and I haven't replaced the yet; hard to find them here in Belgrade.
I will be making templates now for the following organs:
Ottobeuren
Kampen
Furtwangler Kaisersdom
Metz
others later
Since we would have each others' emails, we can send new templates we make ourselves to one another.
You can play around with the fonts and the design, but do not make the columns go wider than the keys; th columns are set at 0.9186 inches, or 2.3333... cm width.
It can be printed on A4 or American 8-1/2x11" paper.
https://adriandegroot.smugmug.com/Dutch-Pipe-Organs/i-r8KBxhG/A
The image shows a quick prototype on regular paper; it should ideally be on stiffer paper, and if anyone is interested in the template that you can fill out at your own leisure, then send me a PM with your email address and I'll send you the WORD file; you can highlight the entire table and then copy it, so you can design as many as you like.
All you need: heavy paper, printer that can handle that, paper cutter or scissors. Easy right? The hardest part is filling out the stops, and programming the white keys.
I believe that in practice this is faster than using your touchscreen. Mine went kaput and I haven't replaced the yet; hard to find them here in Belgrade.
I will be making templates now for the following organs:
Ottobeuren
Kampen
Furtwangler Kaisersdom
Metz
others later
Since we would have each others' emails, we can send new templates we make ourselves to one another.
You can play around with the fonts and the design, but do not make the columns go wider than the keys; th columns are set at 0.9186 inches, or 2.3333... cm width.
It can be printed on A4 or American 8-1/2x11" paper.