[rodgersorgan] Re: Commotion in the organ loft
- From: "F. Richard Burt" <effarbee.aaa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 19:52:15 -0500
Hello, Stephen, et al:
You wrote:
> As for the talkative congregation, a friend of mine gave me
> a hint at what to try. By starting your prelude soft, and
> slowly building the organ to very loud, and then suddenly
> taking your hands off the keys in a BIG "Grand Pause," you
> let them hear just how loud they really are talking, because
> as you build the organ in volume, so they talk louder and
> louder. I must say I did not think it would work, but it did!
Some icing for the cake.....
In one of my early experiences as Music Director, our congregation
talked through the prelude and the choral call to worship. One
Sunday, I inserted a Grand Pause for the choir, ...and one woman
was heard to say quite loudly, "...well I use two cups of sugar
in mine." <grins> Life went on and we all continued to be
friends, but the prelude and call to worship was better respected
by the people in the pews.
F. Richard Burt
Dorian Organs
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