SOPP266: Its important, for organists to show people the instrument
This question was sent by Dan. He writes, in response to my question about how he became fascinated with the organ. So he continues:\n \nFor me, I\u2019d say even back then when I was really young, I had an interest, and fascination in the organ. And as I still do to this day, whenever I\u2019d hear the organ played at the church i\u2019d attended at the time, which had really nice, excellent acoustics, i\u2019d listen to every little detail of the organist\u2019s playing. Some friends of ours had one of those little spin it organs, made by a company who I don\u2019t think was really known for making stuff like that - Electrohome. Whenever we\u2019d go over there, I\u2019d never want to get off of that instrument. It was one of those that had slightly shorter manuals than a conventional 61 key manual. They only went down to an f, so they were shorter on the bottom end, and only 13 little short, tiny pedals, which you could only play one note at a time on. But back to that organ in the church i\u2019d attended, I one time, had attempted to talk to the organist, we\u2019d went up to the console after a service, and I\u2019d asked if I could take a look at the instrument, it was a two manual Allen organ, from the late 1980\u2019s I think. She\u2019d pretty much said no, that I couldn\u2019t, but i managed to get a finger onto the bottom notes of one of the manuals. She\u2019d either totally turned off the organ, or just didn\u2019t have any stops on, I\u2019m not sure which it was, as when I\u2019d pressed the keys which I did manage to touch, I didn\u2019t hear any sound at all. I was disappointed, after we\u2019d left there. I think it\u2019s important, for organists to show people, no matter how young, or old they are, the instrument, if they\u2019re interested. I later did get to try that organ, but that was a couple of years later, after that first experience.\nDan