There’s no reason the choice to use an arranger stops you from playing as much as you did in the organ days... Add a set of pedals and a dummy manual, even a mid price arranger utterly blows away most organs from the 70’s. Push comes to shove, you can do it with pedals and one manual and a boatload of splits!

My goal has always been to play as much as I ever did when playing in real bands with no sequencing... I used to play full organ but always felt, even back in the 70’s that all it was was a way to undercut a real musician out of a job. It is it’s own art form in a way, and the best organists can elevate it to greatness, but I’d always prefer to hear great organists play with a rhythm section rather than solo.

The instrument doesn’t define the player. You can play with two hands and feet on anything... Defining the ‘arranger player’ as someone that CAN’T play like an organist is doing some of us a disservice! 🎹😎