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however was good, the harmony pure, the modulation masterly, and the stile grave and suitable to the church. But I found that two of the four organs were more than sufficient to over-power the voices; and Padre Valloti told me that the noise used to be still more intolerable, but that he had reduced, by one at a time, the four organs, which were formerly played all at once, to two, the whole four never play now but for the common ser- vice, when there are no other performers than the priests. The first organist at present, Signor Domenico Locatello, is reckoned an able artist *; but it were to be wished that he and his colleague would accompany the voices and instru- ments, which are good, and well worth hearing, with the choir organs only, as we do in England; for, otherwise, no- thing but the organs can be heard: they
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