I recently had a very brief, yet somewhat challenging, adventure in the Midmer-Losh at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.
During a tour of the organ, I was in the Left Main chamber, about 4 levels up, when the lights went out. Fortunately, I was already becoming familiar with this organ (my 6th or 7th tour) and knew where the ladders, steps and doorways were. I had to move fast, but was also extra careful about the pipes and windlines. God, I must be part cat or something.:grin:
Another one was in Detroit. The Skinner at Jefferson Av. Presb. I had been in that organ taking pictures with Ken Holden accompanying me. After coming out, I had to change the film. When I removed the one roll, I opened the camera before it was finished rewinding, so I didn't know which pictures might have gotten ruined. After putting the second roll in, I went back inside the Skinner (everybody had gone into the fellowship hall by then).
I didn't turn the lights on, because I didn't want to get pinched, so I moved around inside very carefully, re-taking pictures I had just taken. Fortunately, the interior of this organ is fairly straight-forward, so I could move silently without touching anything but ladders. Nobody knew!
At the 2000 OHS Convention in Boston, a couple of us were inside the Gallery Organ, at Trinity Copley Sq., while it was playing. I was standing right in front of the Swell, louvres open, changing a roll of film. All of the sudden, Trompettes, voiced on 6", started blasting in my face, yet it had no effect on me, since I was concentrating on changing the roll and getting out of that chamber, since I was done anyway. I had a good laugh over this.