Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Leroy Neiman Sailing

Leroy Neiman SailingLeroy Neiman Nantucket SailingUnknown Artist Apple Tree with Red FruitGeorge Frederick Watts Orpheus and Eurydice
our organ especially for the occasion, he said.
'Hahaha, organ!' said the Bursar.
And a mightyThere was a moment of sound so loud that the aural nerves shut down. When they opened again, somewhere around the pain threshold, they could just make out the opening and extremely bent bars of Fondel's 'Wedding March', being played with gusto by someone who'd discovered that the instrument didn't just have three keyboards but a whole range of special acoustic effects, ranging from Flatulence to Humorous Chicken Squawk. The occasional 'oook!' of appreciation could be heard amidst the sonic explosion. one it is, as organs go—' Ridcully stopped, and signalled to a couple of student wizards. 'Just take the Bursar away and make him lie down for a while, will you?' he said. 'I think someone's been feeding him meat again.'There was a hiss from the far end of the Great Hall, and then a strangled squeak. Vimes stared at the monstrous array of pipes.'Got eight students pumping the bellows,' said Ridcully, to a background of wheezes. 'It's got three keyboards and a hundred extra knobs, including twelve with "?" on them.''Sounds impossible for a man to play,' said Vimes politely.'Ah. We had a stroke of luck there—'

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