gazman

There's a rather amusing tale of a church not too many miles away from me. After it was built in the 1960s to serve a new housing estate, the powers that be realized that the architect had forgotten to make allowance for an organ chamber. This, unfortunately, was only discovered after the church had been built! So, part of the brand new church was demolished in order that an organ could be installed. A couple of years back the church building was closed for a couple of months in order for it to be reordered. The church was divided into two by a solid wall. One half of it was to be kept for worship, the other half to serve as a new community hall. It was only after the wall was built, dividing the building in two, that some bright spark realized that the organ had been overlooked and had been left in the community hall part, and that there was no room for it in the part set aside for worship! I understand that they're still having to sing unaccompanied......!

Nothing new there then! We'll look forward to it, Barry. It is certainly something that I think many of us feel needs addressing.

My wife came down the nave of an average parish church to I was glad at our wedding, with me conducting! It worked perfectly, and she "arrived" just as the choir came in. Everybody though it splendid, and not OTT, and the fact that the combined choirs and organist were all friends of ours greatly added to the enjoyment of the occasion.

Doesn't the present firm of Willis operate out of the old R & D factory?

Fair enough.

Nice to see that this topic gets increasingly more informative!

NO!!!!!

That reminds me:- one of my choirs is set to sing Messiah again this Christmas!

Fangs for that, MM!

Perfectly put, MM. Thank you.

No....really?

Intelligence and conversational skills I guess!

Miss Lusardi had her good points: two!

A topless model walked in to a church one Sunday morning during Mass, wearing nothing on top. The priest stopped the service and said "I'm sorry, but you can't come into church without sufficient clothes". The model replied "But what about my divine right Father?" "Well, you've got a divine left too, but you still can't come into church undressed like that." Sorry, I'll get my coat.........

Very sad, although at least somebody in the choir seems to have retained a sense of humour over this, perhaps. I remember giving a recital on that organ many years ago, and would understand if the choir had been frightened off by the dreadful Krummhorn (or whatever it was called) that I seem to remember is (was?) on the instrument. I wonder what the winning bidder will receive.....? Another score to him with the forked tongue, the hoofs and the spiked tail.

A conincidence?

Chill out my friend - life's too short!

And they can get a big console with a lot of stop-knobs with which to play around.

Spoil sport!

I don't know, but it's a great laugh isn't it! The confusion between Lucinda Lambton and Linda Lusardi has had me in stitches! More fun than considering what levels of dopeyness or berkishness may have been possessed by Ralph Downes IMHO!

Yes, I forgot about the other Elegy, and the book in memory of Parry. Something else to dig out and have a look at again. Thanks Barry!

Try http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/store and search for Thalben Ball Elegy It's fairly straightforward to learn.

Thanks. Crumbs, all these methods. My brain hurts!

Vielen Dank Barrz!