Right on Sebastian
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  From: Sebastian M. Gluck<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
  To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 1:12 PM
  Subject: Temperaments vs. Bad Tuning


       The fact that some people in the pews fail to detect that an organ is 
  badly out of tune neither excuses the situation nor helps the future of the pipe 
  organ. While it is true that thousands of organists brag that they cannot 
  tell the difference between a pipe organ and an electronic simulation, they are 
  not the ones purchasing organs and hiring organists.
       Maybe it is time to educate churches and churchgoers instead. This is 
  quite easily accomplished in a matter of minutes.
       While the United States has willfully descended into a miasma of 
  contempt for most things sophisticated and educated over the past half-decade, why 
  should we, as artists, take up the cause?
       Acceptance of mediocrity is proximate to endorsing it.
       Do you wish to play an organ that has been incompetently tuned? Might 
  there be at least ONE worshipper or concertgoer who actually CAN tell when an 
  instrument is in tune? Do you not WANT to raise the standards of those you 
  serve?
       What kinds of standards do you wish to have applied to the work you do 
  as an organist or director? When will you be supplanted by somebody who is 
  simply "adequate" or "enthusiastic," because "nobody can tell the difference"?

  Sebastian M. Gluck
  New York City

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