THEATRE ORGANS
»ir,-Could not some standard be set which performers must attain before being permitted to broadcast on "Theatre" or "Electronic" organs. I have enjoyed broadcasts of grand organ playing, many of which have reached world standard, but as a player of both instruments I must protest at the lack of ability heard in recent broadcasts from instruments of the lighter type.
Performances from the Embassy Theatre in Wellington showed no grasp of registration on an instrument whose specifications I know from experience. The Jennings organ at Auckland I do not know, but I gathered the impression of a pianist with a smattering of organ technique doing his best on something left over from a Sunday school. No variety ‘of tone colour was produced, and if the instrument could not be made to do this, would it not be better left alone or sent to the zoo?
Vox
INHUMANA
(Oxford).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 926, 10 May 1957, Page 11
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150THEATRE ORGANS New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 926, 10 May 1957, Page 11
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