Michael & List
>I am playing Felix Mendelssohn's first organ sonata. I have tried playing
>it "pleno", because Mendelssohn wants it so, but it is too shrill, as I
>think. Is this ok? Or which stops should I use and which not?
 
It's very important to realise that the German registration system of that
time was, to use the Mixtures, Scharfs and Cymbels as the last dynamic
stage. Reeds were pulled earlier than mixtures. So, when your "pleno" sounds
too shrill, don't worry about leaving some sharp mixtures away.
 
Dick Sanderman
 
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