The wandering organist

There really isn't much you can say, other than nowadays the C of E would make them take it down and re-do it straight. The organ pipes, on the other hand, were straight. At least, the bits on display. It's a bit of a cheat, actually, because the side towers' pipes should poke over the top of the case, but Henry Willis (I imagine it was HW 4, his firm put the organ in in 1963) mitred the pipes so they didn't. It was impossible to get a picture of this, but at the top of the pipes they put a 45-degree mitre back into the organ so the pipes were full-length but not poking up. I suspect an architect who didn't ask and didn't believe in talking to organ builders. The photo of the church (Chesterfield PC) and the organ (north transept) were taken this last weekend when I wandered up there (207 miles).That's almost olympic-class wandering. The organ is quite loud by the altar under the crossing, but by virtue of its position, in the nave it's almost subd...

Or, if you're modern, evangelical and into change for the sake of it, AGPAH. At least, All Souls' Langham Place were AGPAH.  However, the organist introduced the first hymn with a massive rall at the end of the 2nd line (I couldn't believe my ears on Radio 4), but this pales into insignificance at the appalling music I was given today. 1) A hymn with these metres: 98989887 87878887 98878788 It was a home-grown one and almost fitted Blaenwern. It certainly wouldn't fit many other 8787D tunes. 2) Some United Methodist rot about the children singing hosanna with no mention as to why. And set to Ellacombe, which is itself almost indissolubly wedded to the EASTER hymn, "The Day of Resurrection". The choir member who is trying to be a choirmaster lacks so much experience, and doesn't ask advice.  If there were children witnessing Jesus' return to Jerusalem, they wouldn't have been alone. I wonder if the Roman authorities allowed this procession ra...