Depends on the organ one is playing...the instrument becomes "the ruling engine" and one must play by its rules in choosing music and registration. Using 8' principal and lots of mixtures on some organs results in a cacophonic stew of harmonics with no audible melodic or contrapuntal lines. Try this: play a C major chord in third inversion, i.e., with G as the top note (C-E-G)...can you hear that G? Can your choir or congregation? Now switch to another inversion, with C or E as the top note...can you tell the difference? Does it merely sound like a slight variation of the previous chord, or does the top note really come through so one can follow the line? Play the Old 100th Doxology...does it sound like a string of big chords with no clearly defined melody line? Now add a 4' loud enough to cut through that fog...suddenly it makes sense. Maybe you won't have to sue the builder or revoice the beast after all :-) Noel Heinze, Asheville, NC St. Giles' Chapel, Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Rodgers 835 & PR300S ************* On the Frog Music Press Website - Playing MIDI Live at the Rodgers Organ & Using the PR-300, two guides to mastering MIDI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html