Registration

Registration marks in the score pose particular problems and dilemmas:

  • EVERY ORGAN IS DIFFERENT, particularly considering that the room in which it is installed is part of the “instrument.”
  • AUDIENCE SIZE affects acoustical properties and organ volume requirements.
  • YOUR OWN TASTES CAN CHANGE. A registration combination that seemed fine one year may seem less than ideal the next.
  • Our DESIRE FOR VARIETY may encourage us to start over each time we register a piece.

In summary, registration indications are much more temporary than fingering and pedaling.

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