Discussing the municipal organ to day, after several tests. Mr P. Burras ton. organist at the Civic Theatre, said that its tonal qualtics and volumwould be improved if the “great organ ' was enclosed in swell lx>xes, or even partly enclosed. He did not mean to suggest that the organ was too loud for the hall, but in all present municipal organs, the very strong stops on the “great organ” should be enclosed, in order that they could brought down to the minimum, and be under complete control. They could be brought down to the minimum if they were under repression. Magazines and Reprints for Winter Reading.—Pay a visit to Simpson and Williams for cheap Reprints, Magazines, Periodicals. Many new vcl'imes of Everyman’s Librarv have been added to our list, including “Capital.” hv Karl Marx; “Moll Flanders.” by Daniel Defoe; “Bcvis,” by Richard Jefferies, etc. Popularly priced 2s 6d volume. Simpson and Williams, Ltd., "The Fountain Pen People,” 238, High Street. 1
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19060, 3 May 1930, Page 11
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