Paul_H Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Listening to Steve Lamacq's show on BBC6Music today, an interesting story about a stolen pipe from York Minster's organ. It's made it onto the BBC News website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-49495317 You'd have thought they would have missed it! --Paul H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Robinson Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Strangely, it would have been about 1970 at a guess, around the same time this pipe was 'stolen', when a friend and I were visiting the Minster and noticed a table (I think in the north choir aisle) with a collection of organ pipes. Perhaps they were cleaning some pipes or whatever. I remember my friend picking up a pipe - a trumpet by the looks of it, and from somewhere in the treble register - and decided to give it a blow... nothing... so he blew a bit harder and we both jumped when it gave quite a loud sound. At that very time, a verger who bore a distinct resemblance to a large bat pounced upon us and tore us off a strip. Of course, we both gave our apologies and made ourselves scarce. I wonder if that would have been the same time and place this organ pipe was stolen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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