In a moment of silly reverie, I see the owners of the list pondering and
coming to terms:
On deciding the thread's for the birds,
They forbade further e-mails on thirds--
And umlauts, oh my,
And then wondered why
Only three folks remained afterwards.
Bob Lind
----- Original Message -----
From: Gregg Redner <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: "Out of Tune" Thirds --- Which Thirds??
> Dear friends,
>
> As much as I hate to admit it, this discussion and the one on Moller
umlauts
> sums up the very problem with the contemporary organ world. Many of us are
> so wrapped in ridiculous minutiae that we can't see the forest for the
> trees. This is one of the reasons that I believe that we are marginalized
by
> the majourity of musicians as being irrelevant and dull. Forgive me for
> being so bold, but these two threads have reached a point of
ridiculousness
> that is staggering to the mind. If we have nothing else to discuss except
> nonsense like this then perhaps the world is correct, we are insignificant
> and provincial. Certainly, no one is suggesting that anyone needs to stop
> doing anything here, and when I said that last night I was just expressing
a
> small degree of frustration over my inbox being stuffed with trivialities,
> so please forgive me for that. However, with that said, I cannot help but
> think that there must be others out there who find both of these
discussions
> pointless and meaningless. Here endeth the polemic.
>
> Gregg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pipe Organs and Related Topics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of David Baskeyfield
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:40 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: "Out of Tune" Thirds --- Which Thirds??
>
> Hm. It's never struck me as unreasonable to suggest that someone
> contributing to a discussion might actually be expected to know
> something about the subject in question...
>
> D
>
>
>
> On 10/23/06, robertelms <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Well that excludes about 99.5% of the organ population from the
discussion
> > Roy. Is that what you desire? Why not also ban those who do NOT play the
> > organ?
> > BE.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Roy Kersey" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 2:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: "Out of Tune" Thirds --- Which Thirds??
> >
> >
> > > Hello, All,
> > >
> > . Could I propose that one not post on this subject unless one has
tuned
> at
> > least one unequal temperament . . . probably not . . .
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Roy Kersey
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