John Page wrote in 010922 MMDigest:

> The views expressed in the letter are very worrying, but are
> not yet officially approved by Fair Organ Preservation Society.

I am a bit puzzled to read that the views are very worrying.  It more
sounds to me that the method of restaurations seems worrying.  I don't
want to go into the details of all this.

Just a few thoughts:

- Pipe-replacements of like one whole register, which is in most parts
in a bad or not existing condition, I find personally okay.  The point
is, to do things like these _reasonably_.

- A new organ can be cheaper than a restauration.

The organ builders wrote in their letter:

> 1.  We the undersigned are very worried at the recent trend in
> so-called "organ restoration" which results in virtually brand new
> instruments, where mass-produced new pipework replaces the old
> original pipework, so that the original sound is lost and the tone
> of the organ is changed sometimes out of all recognition.

I would be interested to know what "mass-produced new pipework" is
supposed to be.  I would need to see that first.

Just my 2 cents.

greetings by(e) InK - Ingmar Krause