pardon my ignorance, but what's all this talk about "rules"? I've never met an organist who even mentioned the word "rules" when talking about registration, until joining several internet groups, and believe me, I've met a LOT of organists, and here in Montreal, we have some of the world's best organs (and some of the world's best organists to play them). I always use the stops the way I want to use them, and I've never been told what to do, or what NOT to do. Technically speaking, if you were to have the right books in front of you, there are not set rules in registration; none that are worth more than the paper they're written on that is. Anyone making up rules governing registration, is doing 2 things..... 1) imposing their own tastes in registration, and hoping the world will think like them. 2) attempting to smother every organists own sense of 'what works for them'. There's absolutely nothing wrong with doing whatever you want when seated at the organ. Hundreds of years ago, when Bach was alive.....can you imagine if anyone dared telling him what stops to use and what you're "allowed" to do? Not only would he totally disregard them, but he'd tell them where to go. I think like Bach. Carlo Pietroniro St. Patrick's Basilica Montreal, Quebec (loving his 1895 Casavant, Opus 60) * Frog Music Press Introduces two new books: Hymn Tune and Classical Duets for Organ and Piano (or PR-300) ---- To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html