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Friday, January 22, 2010

In the Muskegon Chronicle there was a letter to the editor from a person who was complaining that an organist was playing too loud. Days later another person responded by saying that this was not the venue for objecting to this. Church organist/pianist are a dying breed. Many churches have gone to electronic music, or just guitars. People don't realize that given time, you may not hear that organ at all. Some day when the power goes out, someone will look at that keyboard and ask,"Does anyone know how to play this thing?" To that organist, "play louder, they still can't hear you."

1 comment:

Clif Martin said...

You pushed another of my buttons, old friend. I just watched the
TV service of a local church that I used to enjoy a lot. There's a new minister and in front of the now silent organ pipes is a set of drums. Talk about a picture being worth a thousand words! That picture tells you where the churches are going these days.