[sinkspur]

If you're a pipe organ afficionado, perhaps you can recall reading about the hockey game back in the 50s or 60s in the old Chicago Stadium.

There was a rather large Wurlitzer organ installed for interludes and so forth during the Black Hawk games.

The outcome of a Black Hawk game occasioned a near-riot in the stands, and the constabulary was unable to bring it under control.

Sensing his moment, the organist punched the sforzando stops and slammed down on two keyboards at full crescendo.

Windows were blown out of the building, and the riot was quelled.

[ovrtaxt]

Windows were blown out of the building, and the riot was quelled.

Cool. Better than a metal concert! I'm having a real epiphany here, BTW. I figured this would be nothing but a thread of silly wanker jokes, and you organ nerds showed up and hijacked it! I feel outnumbered. :)

[fqued]

Nat as good a story, but happened a month ago in Boulder, Colo. the organist was playing away, there was a mighty bang and thump and the organ went dead. Organist thought the organ had blown up. Nothing so dramatic--a "bag" winding connector had blown out, all the reservoirs bottomed out with a bang, and obviously there was no wind to play any pipes.