Surely not - Archers 20th April - Widor toccata

[gradus]

Our church - small, rural, poor - is replacing its victorian single manual Norman and Beard, by no means in perfect condition but perfectly serviceable for our modest use, with a two manual organ of similar vintage donated by a local Baptist church that now relies on an instrumental group to provide their music. We're not sure what will happen to our old instrument but if you know of anyone looking for a church organ please pm me.

[ahinton]

I don't get your point...

!!!

[MrGongGong]

Why people need to spend time listening/watching to stories about fictitions people rather than living their own lives I'm not sure .

I know what you mean
literature is a bit sh*t innit

[vinteuil]

Why people need to spend time listening/watching to stories about fictitious people rather than living their own lives I'm not sure...

“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”

― Logan Pearsall Smith

[MrGongGong]

Wouldn't it have been better if the organist had played Volumina
or even

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omYKI8RJaIg

[cloughie]

Here - 20th April - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpgr

You could waste a year or more of your lifetime (with repeats and the omnibus edition) listening to this stuff, and many people do..... I'd advise anyone not already addicted not to even go there.
Why people need to spend time listening/watching to stories about fictitions people rather than living their own lives I'm not sure......

...and I understand that there are some people who for some inexplicable reason choose to spend hours listening to operas sung in languages they cannot understand!

[ahinton]

Wouldn't it have been better if the organist had played Volumina
or even

Gmeeorh - or Sieben Sterne - or, better still, Sorabji's Third Organ Symphony ("better" to the extent of making history by including a world première in this seemingly eternal soap) and, although I'm not sure how you'd fit an 8 hour long piece into an episode thereof, you could substitute almost three dozen such eposides with it, which would surely be an excellent idea...

[Sir Velo]

the spirit is willing but the fleche is weak

That's an execrable pun worthy of ahinton or Serial Apologist at their worst/best (delete as appropriate).

[amateur51]

I know what you mean
literature is a bit sh*t innit

Innit tho'

[MrGongGong]

Gmeeorh - or Sieben Sterne - or, better still, Sorabji's Third Organ Symphony ("better" to the extent of making history by including a world première in this seemingly eternal soap) and, although I'm not sure how you'd fit an 8 hour long piece into an episode thereof, you could substitute almost three dozen such eposides with it, which would surely be an excellent idea...

Sounds good to me

[Lento]

Listening to other people's wedding plans is tedious enough without having to endure it on the Archers. (Grumpy remark - sorry).

[ahinton]

Listening to other people's wedding plans is tedious enough without having to endure it on the Archers. (Grumpy remark - sorry).

I didn't know about that as I don't listen to it but one SURELY does not have to endure any such thing unless one IS listening to it?!...

[Vile Consort]

Some churches are certainly having their organs repaired. I know one that threw out their pipe organ not many years ago and replaced it with an electronic one, but that failed and the quote for repairing it was for several tens of thousands of pounds. So they threw it out and installed a redundant organ from a nearby church for about the same price. They are much happier with it than they were with the electronic one.

A small pipe organ with a simple action in an appropriate location will last for 50 years with little maintenance. When it does fail, it usually does so gradually, one stop or note at a time, remaining playable. Repairs are relatively simple and low-tech, provided the organ isn't so badly designed that it has to be dismantled to get at the faulty part (usually this arises from trying to cram too many pipes into an inadequate space).

By contrast, an electronic organ tends to become unplayable when there is a fault. The parts are proprietary, and soon become obsolete. Once the stock of original circuit boards has gone, getting another made costs an arm and a leg - if it can be done at all.

[amateur51]

Listening to other people's wedding plans is tedious enough without having to endure it on the Archers. (Grumpy remark - sorry).

There must be a storyline with a lesbian or gay wedding coming along sometime soon, with plenty of opportunity to discuss the Anglican Church's stand, different viewpoints, and whether gifts via Amazon are permissible.

As to the question of the organ, lesbian and gay weddings in my experience are renowned for pulling out all the stops

[ahinton]

There must be a storyline with a lesbian or gay wedding coming along sometime soon, with plenty of opportunity to discuss the Anglican Church's stand, different viewpoints, and whether gifts via Amazon are permissible.

If that's the best that the scriptwriting team would be capable of doing with such a subject, then all the more reason to give the whole thing a wide berth, methinks.

I've noticed that Paddy O'Connell frequently has a dig at one of the characters in this particular soap, presumably on the grounds that an episode of it usually follows his Sunday morning Broadcasting House programme.

As to the question of the organ, lesbian and gay weddings in my experience are renowned for pulling out all the stops

Mixtures and couplers especially, no doubt!