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> Wise words from Master Coda. (Get it??)
May the Fourth be with you ;-)
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> Mind you, I'm recording a MIDI file. It would be fairly trivial to go back 
> and edit it to make it sound perfect. But all that really does is 
> demonstrate that *the machine* can play it OK, which we already know! ;-)
As this one?
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=NGKRu-3zvEU

Better by Marie-Claire Alain though :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvPgKecORl8

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> The music you heard is already using both of my hands! (Remember, I don't 
> have a set of pedals to use.) I could try using my computer to composite 
> the parts together, but I rather suspect I'm going to run out of octaves.

There are separate MIDI foot keyboards but usually only one octave range.

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> (Regardless of how many octaves my keyboard has, the computer only has 
> samples for 5 octaves. It seems silly to speak of "only" 5 octaves, but 
> this *is* organ music...)

Don't you have 32 feet stop samples?
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> Anybody have any bright ideas about how I get my hands on a real pipe 
> organ to try this stuff out?

Make friend with the closest church organist or check if there are organ 
classes in your area maybe

Marc

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