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It's just a pity that sometimes they can be almost as rare as hen's teeth!

Great to hear that they keep that tradition going at St. P., Paul. I really used to appreciate it - it made the time taken in rehearsal of the voluntaries seem worthwhile. Imagine my surprise when, having left your place, in my first Sunday in my new job I had barely begun the post-service voluntary when the congregation all started talking and somebody got the Ewbank out and started hoovering the carpet right behind the organ console!! :angry:

Please explain. I don't know what you're talking about.

Yes. It's in "Fanfare for an Organ Builder" - an excellent book. See http://www.mander-organs.com/news/mander90.html

Well, we could always ask Manders, couldn't we!

Not forgetting HH, of course!

Thanks Pierre! G

Pierre, Please could you lessen my ignorance and explain the term Abschwächungsprinzip? Thanks!

Maybe it's one of your chamades! Very funny post. Thanks PCND!

Yes, he does. Incidentally, have you noticed him actually changing any of the registrations himself? I haven't!

Agreed! Wasn't/isn't he also transcribing the other symphonies?

Lucky you. Last Sunday I did two lots of Murray.....! Anyone know the 'phone number for the Samaritans? :angry:

Bah! :angry:

To quote Alice: "Curiouser and Curiouser"!

Intriguing! I wonder who 8GB is then?!

I echo the above.

Better give Vox a nice Hele from the first quarter or so of the 20th Century. Not much shrieking there. I'm sure he'd be happy with that!

Anyone got some weedkiller then?

Yep, I'll stand up and be counted and say that I play transcriptions (hopefully not odd transcriptions!) and see them as perfectly valid for inclusion in a recital.

Congratulations!

Yes, I've had the same problem when the soles get damp, and now change into outdoor shoes if I need to walk away from the console. I also agree with Nick Bennett's observation that the Organmaster shoes are quite narrow as I've had pupils with wide feet who've found them narrow and I was advised by the UK importers when I asked for a narrow size for a pupil who said she had very narrow feet to take the standard fitting instead, which turned out to fit perfectly.

I use two pairs of organ shoes on a regular basis: a dancing shoe which fits snug and is very flexible, and has a thin sole and a large (although tapering heel) and the other pair which is a pair of Organmaster shoes. I find that I can feel pedal notes better through the sole of the dancing shoe and sides (I can't feel much through the sole of the Organmaster shoe), but I prefer the heel of the Organmaster shoe as it doesn't taper and is easier to locate pedals without the danger of slipping off a pedal. I found myself heeling (for want of a better expression - no booze involved!) more after purchasing the Organmaster shoes. The Organmaster shoes aren't as flexible though, which I find to be a downside.

A thorne in your side, perhaps?

Nope, no relation whatsoever! Perhaps he's a member of the Gedacht family? Otherwise, I wood not know!