[Organ Anecdotes For Book Wanted]

Many thanks MM - have sent you a PM. If the book got banned, that's the best selling device of all!

Back to my trawling the archives here.

 

Thought for the day:

 

Is it my imagination or do organists generally have a better developed sense of humour than many other species of musician? Hmmmmmmm . Could it be something to do with putting up with corny and inexhaustible supplies of wisecracks about organs? Sigh......

 

Jenny

I would love to write a book about organ builders and the things they get up to to in the workshop and on site, now that is a definate book that could get banned...! and im speaking with a great knowledge about this.

[Organ Building Through The Credit Crunch]

Given that PCCs take at least a couple of years to make decisions and raise cash, I expect we'll be out of the woods by the time anyone feels the difference!

 

The busier firms will be best off, of course - the one or two I know of with 7 or 8 year order books - who are now benefitting from cheaper fuel and materials than they could have dreamed of when preparing the quotes a while back. But I expect the more hand-to-mouth tuning and maintenance guys whose work is more reactive in nature, and many of whom are nearing retirement, will probably throw in the towel - I would.

But is there enough good organ tuners in the country to pick up the baton...Organs will still need maintained..

[Organ Building Through The Credit Crunch]

Can organ building survive through this global financial trouble? will the order books tell the story? or will organ building be exempt from it all?..