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From: simpsonandwatson [mailto:5271174@...]
Sent: March 31, 2006 16:21
To: Chris Dawes
Subject: CBC As It Happens story on lead content in organ pipes

Mar 24, 2006 - As It Happens - CBC Radio

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ILLEGAL PIPE ORGANS    Duration: 00:06:06
The expression, 'getting the lead out,' and church-organ music aren't generally two subjects that are mentioned in the same breath. But British organ builders worry that new EU regulations surrounding the lead content in organ pipes will have their industry breathing its last.

The new law from Brussels is aimed at restricting the use of hazardous materials in electric equipment. Church organs use electricity to create the wind that blows through their pipes. And those pipes, which have been made the same way for centuries, contain more than the zero-point-one per cent lead content allowed.

Doug Levey is a spokesman for the Institute of British Organ Building. He is in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.

 

 

 

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