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3 weeks ago

Too hot to Handel: Pipe organs reveal the truth about warming churches

Pipe-organ tuning logbooks provide long-term records showing church interiors have warmed due to heating practices, risking organs and historic fabric.
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1 month ago

Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate

When the pair, who are researchers at Nottingham Trent University, set out to study how environmental conditions in churches had changed over time, Knight explained that all over the country many organs had notebooks full of data tucked away in their recesses. I would sit at the organ between hymns, or between weddings, said Knight. Quite often, the only thing to look at between services was this little red book that sat in the corner.
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