Introduction

Relaxation

Once you are seated properly at the organ console and are supported by a well-positioned bench, you can establish and maintain a state of relaxed alertness. In this state you should be able to do the following without straining:

• reach the left and right extremes of the manual and pedal keyboards, including all thumb pistons and toe studs
• reach up and down with the hands from the music rack to the lowest manual keyboard
• be forward enough to place either foot flat on the expression and crescendo pedals, yet back enough to pass the feet in front of and behind one another without crowding