--- David Bohn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> >If it has a crescendo pedal, presumably the stop
> action was electrified at
> >some point. Lucy says the instrument is in good
> shape now; she doesn't say
> >it was never altered. It's curious that the
> crescendo pedal is on the left.
> >Perhaps the manual Swell pedal necessitated that.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Tom Jones
>
> Hardly. Many of the early 20th century organ I've
> played that had a crescendo
> pedal as standard equipment had the crescendo pedal
> to the _left_ of the Swell
> pedal. It didn't really switch sides until after
> 1910, and even then, I've
> seen occasional examples otherwise till about 1920.
> --
> David Bohn
>
> composer
> conductor
> organist
>
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>
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