On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 12:28:04 -0800, Davitt Moroney
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> This reminds me of a true story about the Austrian organist/
> harpsichordist Susi Jeans (Lady Jeans).
> She lived in a vast old rambling 18th-century house in the south of
> England, Cleveland Lodge.
> snip
> She made him sit down and played him the JSB E minor trio sonata on
> the organ.
> She got her bills reduced.
>
I once visited Cleveland Lodge to pick up a friend who had been singing
in the local festival. At the time there were 6 organs in the house.
and all the pipes for a seventh were laid out on the kitchen floor. One
had to tread very carefully when sitting down for supper!
Chris Cartwright