My church USED to have bats. It took about 70 years and a load of money to get rid of them. I, too, have had bats "charge at me" during practices. I would have to leave! One very dark Summer night I entered the sanctuary wearing a pair of short pants. As I walked into the sanctuary something VERY FURRY wrapped around my legs! I let out a big yell and started dancin'! The Pentecostals would have been proud of me! I thought it was a bat hanging on my leg. I ran to the back of the sancutary, turned on the lights and a kitten came running out from under the pews! I let out another yell! We have been BAT FREE for several years and it sure is nice! Thanks KRITTER CONRTOL of Atlanta!! Randall Smith West Point, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "noel jones" <gedeckt@xxxxxxxx> To: <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 11:34 PM Subject: [rodgersorgan] Stops you will not find.... > > > Based upon today's date: > > Since it is April Fool's Day - one of our trusty post office window > agents spent 3 hours this morning believing a radio report that since > only half the people were fully utilizing daylight savings time and so > on that at 12 noon today, all were to turn their clocks back only a half > an hour.... > > Anyhow, there have been stories of strange stops...there was a famous > organ in northern Ohio that included a stop that when pulled out blew a > blast of air across the music rack...intended to put off any organist > who sat down and pulled all the stops... > > An organ was installed in the chapel at the English Lutheran Church in > Mansfield, Ohio with a stop added engraved, PULPIT OFF, at the request > of the organist, wife of the pastor. > > I also enjoy complaints about the Unison Off not sounding. > > Today I stopped by a church on a service call to check some pedals and > also because "The metronome won't work on the PR-300.". Envisioning > crawling around on the pedalboard to reach the tiny control for the > metronome volume on the back of the PR-300 which is in a drawer...I was > pleased to find they had turned the Volume on the PR-300 all the way to > the left. No volume, no metronome..no crawling around on the pedals. > > The church my wife served in Ohio had bats, who would dive bomb the > console when she played mixtures....she though it is, and still is, > great. That organ could use a GROUND THE BATS stop. > > Any others? > > > -- > noel jones, aago > athens, tennessee, usa > 423 887-7594 > ------------------------------- > frog music press > rodgers organ users group > www.frogmusic.com > > ************* > 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 > > > ************* 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