A high heel is essential too, especially for negotiating the legato pedal lines in 19th century organ music. Scholars have argued that older composers, like J.S. Bach, expected players to use ...

Bach and his fellow German organists ... played by Peter Hurford at the Arp Schnitger Organ of the Ludgeri-Kirche, Norden, Germany. Most of the organ music I know is from hearing it as a choirboy ...