BIOS Reporter – Volume 37, No.1 – January 2013

I am well aware of the importance of our academic writings and I am very happy to be associated with them. It has recently come to my attention that an organ near Edinburgh has recently been rebuilt to a “historic” specification, with a shortened swell and a lot of additions being removed. An organist friend of mine, who is an ARCO and a retired minister, recently acted as deputy there, said that this makes it very difficult to lead Sunday worship with variation of tone. Historically, such instruments were installed to lead worship, so how does reverting to an historic form that hinders this primary function justify the work? I wonder what you think. I hope that this point can spark a lively debate…