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In a message dated 9/15/2007 10:45:43 PM Central Daylight  Time, 
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The hall  is very nice, but didn't strike me as being particularly 
elegant.   However, the hall is wonderful for both music and the spoken  
word. 


Hi, Y'all,
 
I agree totally with Jeff in that the organ is wonderful for  both music and 
the spoken word, and I'll add choral music, as well. Actually my  first 
concert last year was the chamber choir from the symphony chorus. The  singers were 
able to have super softs which were barely audible and  the fortissimos were 
very loud without the sense of the choir screaming;  the dynamic range and 
diction was whatever the conductor needed and wanted from  the chorus. 
 
I don't agree with Jeff when he says the Hall isn't  particularly elegant. I 
think just the opposite. But, it's a matter of opinion;  you will be able to 
judge for yourself in 2012 at the National Convention, or  hopefully before 
that.
 
I have spent some time with the organ, both in an empty hall  and at the 
orchestra concert. I also emceed the "Meet the Organ" event  co-sponsored by the 
Symphony and the Nashville Chapter. It was interesting to me  that Mr. Bethards 
sited Calvin Hampton's 1979 article in the Diapason  as the basis for his 
concept of the Nashville organ. I remember the article and  remember some lively 
conversation on this List, too. Is this the first time a  builder used 
Calvin's article as the basis for a concert hall specification? The  organ is a rich, 
full-bodied, wonderful, wonderful instrument, and will serve  the needs of 
the orchestra and the organ soloist for many, many years. 
 
Have a great week,
 
Darryl by the Sea
Nashville, Tennessee



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