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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 January 1928, Page 16

THE ORGAN AS ACCOMPANIMENT “A vast number of our church organists,” :s;\ys t.ie “Church 'JTrnes” (London) “are too much interested in their instrument and too much captivated bv the opportunities- it offers them tor the display of their skill and of thepower it gives them to overwhelm choir and people with a torrent of sound, to worry themselves about the words or psalm and hymn. Jt- would seem either that the organs we have in our churches are larger than they need he. or that they are put to an illegitimate use by an undue exerise of the powers that are placed within the organist's control. For so great I in® been the advance in recent years in the- art n l •organ-building that, by mems o<’ manv devices, he is able, easily and quickly, to produce a. large variety of effects, and l it is this facility that tempts him to make the utmost use of it. Hence the tyranny of the organ that so heavily oppresses unfortunate choir* and equally unfortunate w-'-shpa-pers. How often -is this the experience of listeners-? And compare it with a really artistic accompaniment on the organ, N-o instrument offers such scope for really sympathetic play- j ing. i