"The greatest organist" ... really, so how come I've not heard of him and what do you base your statement on?
Hi!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9usBggyS5Nk is an organist who shines on a world scale and is recognisable by his playing.
On account of my attention to acoustic reproduction in terms of speaker design I prefer this five manual 154 speaking stop instrument to much hyped electronic instruments that bedazzle in terms of their publicised technological details and cost.
I should add that organists are very welcome to come and play at any time for fun, practice, serious rehearsal for big beast recitals elsewhere or for performance here. We get audiences who really come to enjoy the music rather than to be critical so it's a brilliant place to try things out.
There was the famous case of the mysterious "world renowned" pianist Blackbirinoff who was either pulling off a bet or rehearsing for something important wanting to avoid publicity should something have displeased his audience when his agent, one Mr Perez, announced to the owner of the Bell Vue Hotel in Alderney that he would like to perform on 20th December 1972. He was collected from the airport, arrived at the piano in full evening dress, performed impeccably, was taken to the airport and vanished into the sky - forever. His identity was never discovered.
There is a need for out of the way venues that no-one has ever heard of to try out programme for bigger things in bigger places, and that's one of the things that this instrument enables. If you're an organist who would like to do that and give great pleasure to some audiences along the way, then that's just what this instrument is for.
It's also useful to try out interesting things:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8m2ok1Hlh0
and competent in true French style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi2pdYou-Rs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1YcEjz8Xro
Whilst size matters, this instrument is not big just for the sake of size and illusions of grandeur b- it's big to provide just that sort of versatility, to further educational activity and for exploration into areas which one cannot explore with a fixed pipe specification in equal temperament.
In using this instrument, I have in mind that it's important for electronics to be used for a specific justification and not as a mere substitute or replacement for the real thing. Far from it, electronics should be adventurous enough to be real inspirations for the real thing.
Best wishes
David P