On Tuesday 08 August 2006 06:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dear All:
>  Some organs may have been clumsy, but there is a playable organ in
> Switzerland -- it's been recorded several times, including at least once by
> E. Power Biggs -- from before 1400 and it does not appear clumsy at all.
> Let's not sell early craftsmen short!
> Cheers,
> Jim
>

True. It's the organ in the castle of Sion (Wallis) and dates from late middle 
ages. 
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Organ-Sion-CH.jpg
taco
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