Maybe I should start a new thread about this, but I don't know how
, but anyway I really don't rate the Cardiff St David's Hall organ at all.
To the uneducated masses, organs fall in to just one of two categories, represented by a few adjectives. On the one hand, 'squeaky', 'piercing', 'deafening', 'thin' , 'weak' 'a waste of money' , might be used. On the other, 'majestic', 'thundering', 'ground shaking', 'thrilling', 'beautiful' 'proper' etc etc.
Guess which adjectives are commonly used to describe not only the St David's Hall Organ, but the brand new Spath organ in St Peter's?
The Llandaff Cathedral organ, woefully inadequate, was thankfully struck by lightning a few weeks ago, so that should be the last we hear of that sorry beast until the NEW one is built. Talking to the organist yesterday, he assures me that the new one will be a PROPER organ :grin:
I naturally suggested that it should sport at least ONE 64' stop, preferable a contra trombone, if not two:smirk: