handsoff Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I played for a wedding yesterday in a church where the organ is not used regularly. Whist practising on the previous day I noticed that 3 notes of the short compass pedal Bourdon didn't speak and on opening the tuning notes book to ask for it to be fixed (the organ is tuned annually) saw the pipes had been silenced because bats are roosting in them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Robinson Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I played for a wedding yesterday in a church where the organ is not used regularly. Whist practising on the previous day I noticed that 3 notes of the short compass pedal Bourdon didn't speak and on opening the tuning notes book to ask for it to be fixed (the organ is tuned annually) saw the pipes had been silenced because bats are roosting in them... And I'm afraid that you are legally obliged not to disturb them. Let's hope that they don't expand their family and set up home in some other pipes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innate Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 And I'm afraid that you are legally obliged not to disturb them. Let's hope that they don't expand their family and set up home in some other pipes! Are they Pipe-istrelle bats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsoff Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 I mentioned it to the churchwarden and he was aware of the responsibilities required with the visitors. There are a few more pipes outside the case that could be used as roosts but I don't think it's much of a problem. The organ is little used and the pedals, being short-compass and offset by around 4 keys (bottom C being about where F would normally be) even less so. I wish that I'd used innate's line - and probably will. Oscar Wilde and Whistler spring to mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveHarries Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Are they Pipe-istrelle bats? No idea but anymore jokes like that will make us all go batty...... Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Butler Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Are they Pipe-istrelle bats? Groan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Pykett Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 All we need now is for someone to play the batpipes. CEP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusingMuso Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Are they Pipe-istrelle bats? =========================== Go to the back of the class and face the wall. That was far too clever! MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusingMuso Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Why did I think of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidh Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 This needed to be debatted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsoff Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 It's good to have MM's input and humour on the forum once more... welcome back. That's a great clip of the 12 Days - one stop I noticed on the left hand stop jamb looks fun - Pedal Tutti to Swell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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