Listening to the massive organ music from Kings College Festival of Carols on the radio here in snowy Minnesota on Christmas Eve day -
wow! Those organs musicians make us fellow free reed players proud, don't they? Organs are beautiful, but we've got portability on our side.
Free reeds forever! Merry Christmas - here's to a music-filled 2010!
Ted
Sorry to Bah! Humbug your reverie but it is questionable whether any of the pipe sets can be described as "Free Reed". Any pipe with a reed included is tuned by varying the position of the tuning bung or the pipe length.
As for portability, there are portative pipe organs but they are generally heavier than even a 120 bass P.A.
Did not like the descant arrangement on Once in Royal David's City but you have to admire the ability to take the starting note from a tuning fork and then having to remember that you must end up either on note or a semitone sharp or flat so that the organ can join in. The amazing thing is that it works.
Old but not so grumpy Bill.