davidh

In the notes to the contract it states: "First, it clarifies exactly what the church and the organist can expect from each other, so there is no argument later on whether the organist should play for a service on Ash Wednesday or arrange for the organ to be tuned." but there seems to be no mention of tuning in the draft contract.

On checking the above two sites it can be seen that there are going to be some substantial alterations and additions. The case is to be split in two - or more likely, two completely new cases are to be made, on either side of the choir. Two stops are to be added to the Great, three to the Swell, 7 to the pedal, plus a change from a posaune to an ophicliede, and a new solo manual with 12 new stops is to be added. Estimated cost, £1,000,000.

Many years ago my wife and I thought it would be a good idea to take my three-year-old son to a small concert. We sat at the front. As they started singing the first piece the young ladies started to giggle, and then tried harder and harder to suppress their laughter. Then we looked at my son, and saw that he had been making faces at them. Then there was an organ solo. I don't know exactly what happened, or how it was done, but the organist slipped off the bench and his shoe flew into the air. Unfortunately my son couldn't understand why that didn't happen again at every other concert he was taken to afterwards.

This is a very late reply to the previous message (I have only just joined the list), but I have good news. Rogg's Art of Fugue is now available with some other works on CD EMI Gemini - 3817662 (CD - 2 discs) for a very reasonable price, for example at http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/ Does anyone know if the sheet music of Rogg's completion of the 14th has ever been published, and, if so, where it might be obtained? David Hitchin