> Ibo wrote ...  I actually don't see how that would be evidence for an
assumption of repertoire playing on an organ.

We seem to have too many disagreements on this Ibo (in both ideas and
sources) and I could put forward more arguments, but let us leave it for
another time and place, except for something I find more obvious ...

>> Claudio wrote: found in small Southern German organs (of which not many
survive AFAIK).
>> Even a few large scale organ works (such as the Fuga on the Magnificat
BWV 733 and the Pastorale BWV 590) use this restricted pedal range.
> Ibo wrote: That kind of rather short pedal boards existed in Germany, as
you say, in the south. ... The southern organ building tradition is,
however, not relevant for Bach ... 

Let me just observe that MOST works by JSBach requiring pedals (and I will
be glad to hear from you about the exceptions) can be classified as
belonging to one of three groups:

1. Using a full two-octave-plus pedalboard: most of the great solo works

2. Using just one or two pedal notes: a few WTC pieces and some Organ
Chorales

3. Using exactly the one-octave-short-octave range I referred to. Both the
Magnificant Fugue and the Pastorale use 8 of the 9 notes available (the
Magnificant omits the low C, the other the high c). Statistically, IMHO this
is too much of a fitting to be a coincidence. 

Best

CDV


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