For all you hard-core organists...And Pianists...

[Krummhorn]

Hi Argoth,

Thank you for the great words of wisdom. I agree with everything except placing a plaque with a name or names on an instrument. It then becomes a "sacred cow" that can never be 'forsaken' should that need arise. I've seen this happen with a piano - "given to the glory of ... ... " by Mr & Mrs Whomever etc., in a special dedication service. The piano that was donated turned out to be a cheap piece of crap, plastics used where wood is normally used in action parts ... under weekly use, several plastic hammers (yes, plastic with what looked like gauze pads glued on them) eventually broke and compatible parts could no longer be found as replacements.

Besides a complete overhaul, exceeding well over 10 times what the piano was worth, there was little to do except cover it and store it in a corner of the room. There it remained, silent and dusty, and never be played again. Because of the plaque, this 'thing' (Sacred Cow) couldn't even be used for firewood - probably wouldn't have burned anyway.

 

[Argoth]

Hi Argoth,

Thank you for the great words of wisdom. I agree with everything except placing a plaque with a name or names on an instrument. It then becomes a "sacred cow" that can never be 'forsaken' should that need arise. I've seen this happen with a piano - "given to the glory of ... ... " by Mr & Mrs Whomever etc., in a special dedication service. The piano that was donated turned out to be a cheap piece of crap, plastics used where wood is normally used in action parts ... under weekly use, several plastic hammers (yes, plastic with what looked like gauze pads glued on them) eventually broke and compatible parts could no longer be found as replacements.

Besides a complete overhaul, exceeding well over 10 times what the piano was worth, there was little to do except cover it and store it in a corner of the room. There it remained, silent and dusty, and never be played again. Because of the plaque, this 'thing' (Sacred Cow) couldn't even be used for firewood - probably wouldn't have burned anyway.

Hmm yes I see what you're saying...good point! But still, that aside, philanthropy will have to be the way to go

 

[Corno Dolce]

Hi Krummhorn,

Thanx for your thumbs-up. I am in such total agreement with what you shared about other types of funding - one is only limited by one's imagination.

Electronically amplifying a pipe organ? Thank God you put your foot down on that scatterbrained idea.

It is not easy getting funds for enlargement of an existing pipe organ but it can be done through educating the congregation. And that can also be hard - like herding cats!!!!!!!

Cheers,

Corno Dolce

btw - viscous(lubrication) cycle? You probably meant vicious cycle :smirk:

 

[Krummhorn]

. . . btw - viscous(lubrication) cycle? You probably meant vicious cycle :smirk:

You are so correct, my dear friend ... this is what happens when I post here after spending way too much time editing Q & A's as a Supervisor on a popular wiki site ... the spellings and grammar people use there is aaaaaaaaaatrocious ... :crazy: :grin: !!

 

[Corno Dolce]

Hi Krummhorn,

Far be it from me to be a grammar cop. Sometimes I commit real "doosies" :scold::scold::scold: on this forum which could certainly earn me some time *in the stocks*, ambling around in the town square for five days whilst being publicly humiliated. :crazy::smirk::grin:

Cheers,

Corno Dolce

 

[Krummhorn]

Nah ... nobody has to serve time bound in chains ... This is the Danish Navy where people are respected ... Offenders just have to provide cake or cookies in the officers lounge. lol Easy sentence and everyone is happy ... and so are the dentists ...

 

[Corno Dolce]

Hi Krummhorn,

Yeah, I hear ya - but the Danish Navy also has a brig. :crazy::grin:

So, I'm guilty as charged. Now, having freely confessed my forum foibles, I guess my sentence can be commuted, n'est-ce pas? Lord only knows that I'm not perfect, nor am I an Einstein.

Cheers,

Corno Dolce

 

[rojo]

Wow, that is indeed something else. The footwork may put many dancers to shame!

 

[NEB]

I was thinking along the same lines that it is like dancing on the pedals. Also those shoes look like they are Ballet shoes (perhaps even with blocked toes) with a 1 1/2 inch heel plus a more solid shank added for the support of the instep/mid foot area.

There's a certain grace with which he moves around the pedal board.

 

[methodistgirl]

Can we just stick with the topic? Orgianist? you guys have blown
this out of left field!:scold:
judy tooley