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"(Allen Miller)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 15 Oct 1994 13:06:00 UTC
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>-  Add to that the Bedient's very non-AGO-standard console, complete with
 >hitch-down Swell pedal (which, as I posted before, is to be replaced with
 >a balanced Swell pedal in the reinstallation);  unequal temperament;
 >shaky wind;  many organists simply don't want to cope with anything out of
 >the ordinary.
 
And SOME actually prefer a musical instrument appropriate for "service"
playing.  I personally know MANY Anglophiles who embrace the French style of
organbuilding.  The Bedient may be a highly artistic example of its type,
but just not suited for service playing.
 
Allen

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