Here are a few thoughts I have about the recent controversy over
discussions of synthesizers and electronic organs:
 
 * I don't mind brief discussions of synthesizers, but I would prefer to
        keep this list centered around pipe and electronic organs.
 * I don't think all electronic organs should be written off as
        "toasters" and disparaged as they have been.
 * I think we should keep the focus of this group just as was stated in
        the listserver's description - discussions of organs, both
        classical and theater; pipe, reed, and electronic; all-electric,
        electro-pneumatic, and tracker.
 
Even though electronic organs leave much to be desired (some a lot more
than others), my first organ lessons were on an electronic organ, and I
_was_ able to learn a lot.  Without the electronic instruments I started
on, it would have been a lot harder for me to become interested in organs
and learn the organ myself.
 
-- Michael
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Michael Laird                           "...Praise [the Lord] with stringed
Lockheed Sanders, Inc., Nashua, NH      instruments and organs."
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