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At a recent London Organ Day, a reader asked why this publication concentrated on organs and new installations when its title included the word ‘organists’. She suggested that we include more about people and that is what I have managed to achieve in this issue with interviews with Swiss organist, Bernhard Ruchti, Professor Jeremy Begbie who is now resident in America, and Belgian organist, Ignace Michiels.

The pandemic put pay to the intended focus on Vierne. However, we are extremely grateful that Susan Landale has looked at both Vierne’s and Tournemire’s lives – although literal classmates they had different personalities and extremely different views on life.

Finally, as promised, Kevin Bowyer has contributed his first ‘well-thumbed’ article.