Today I surveyed an unusual organ with an elegant case. St Mary’s Willingdon had a small organ by Hill (dated 1893) which was rebuilt with electric action and a detached console in the 1950s, the slender base of the case then, over the decades, being completely filled with additional Pedal and Great ranks. I have never seen so many pipes – plus electro-pneumatic relays – in such a small space! What to do with it – ah, that is the question. Curiously, it all sounds rather fine down in the church, so some serious thought is required. All too easy and glib to say ‘scrap all the additions’: organ consultants are paid to be more imaginative than that. There was a smile on my face as I left, recalling the wonderful mis-spelling on one of the stop keys: “Faggotta”!