How Much Registration Planning Should Be Done Before You Arrive at the Organ?

In this episode of the Total Organist podcast, Vidas and Ausra discuss how much organ registration planning you should realistically do before arriving at an unfamiliar instrument. Drawing from a recent experience playing a village church organ with ciphers and broken keys, we explore how to prepare your pieces, adapt to unexpected instrument issues on the spot, write down registrations efficiently, and choose the right repertoire for the situation. How do you prepare your registrations when visiting an unfamiliar organ? Do you write stop numbers, pitches, or keep it in your head? Share your experience in the comments! Timestamps / Chapters 00:00 - Introduction & Playing on Location Organs 01:18 - Unexpected Surprises: Ciphers & Broken Keys 04:23 - Choosing Repertoire for Unfamiliar Instruments 07:40 - How We Manage Registration Notation (Warsaw Recital) 10:18 - Dealing with Color Preferences & Memorization 13:15 - Stop Numbers vs. Pitch Names on Scores 14:56 - Total Organist Program & Wrap-Up Total Organist - the most comprehensive organ training program online: https://www.organduo.lt/total-organist Secrets of Organ Playing Mug: https://www.zazzle.co.uk/z/ywbhd071?r... Our scores (free for members): https://buymeacoffee.com/organduo/mem... My compositions: https://secretsoforganplaying.com/col... We support Ukraine: https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en If you like what I do, you can buy me some coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/organduo PayPal: https://PayPal.Me/ausramotuzaite My Hauptwerk setup: https://www.organduo.lt/tools.html Secrets of Organ Playing - When You Practice, Miracles Happen! https://organduo.lt Listen to my organ playing on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2pXxZ...