St. Sulpice, from an odd angle

[sunwaiter]

is a funny man who seems to be in charge of the cleaning and all sorts of work always hanging around. he's funny, talks loud. some days ago i had to make a little visit to a doctor rue de garancière, and on my way back to mabillon subway station i met him. funny sight when you're a little depressed. but this day i did not hear any music.

[dll927]

C-C certainly seems to have done everything possible (at the time) to make his instruments as playable as possible. And what composers did, partly due to what they COULD do with them, is also an interesting subject.

As for size, I have a CD, among my rather vast collection, that was recorded on a mechanical-action organ in Finland, of all places. It was reputedly the largest mechanical ever built, with something like 185 stops, according to the brochure description. But now I understand the Sydney (Australia) one is the largest mechanical around. Anyone know about that Finnish one and if it still exists?

About that "door immediately to your right": I wonder what the reaction would be if one asked to go up and PLAY the beast? (Not during the 12 o'clock mass, of course.) And Roth has been around enough to know at least some English, which is nice, since I don't speak French.

And there's that ever-loving contest again about the "biggest".