The restored organ in the Dome, Brighton, is of particular interest to me as, for one vacation job in the early-Fifties, I was assistant to a Mr Ashby who, at the time, was the regular tuner.

Most of the theatre organs built by Wm Hill & Sons and Norman and Beard Ltd took the name Christie, from one of their directors. However, they were sufficiently proud of the Dome organ - not merely a theatre organ but one capable of coping well with all kinds of music to give it the full name of the company, Hill, Norman and Beard.

Generations have appreciated its qualities and the music played on it. I am very pleased it has been thoroughly restored, as many others must be.

Why, then, did the job of reviewing its return concert fall to someone who was clearly inappropriate for the job?

He expressed no pride on behalf of the people of Brighton in the revitalised instrument, no appreciation of the music or its finer points, but merely publicised his own limitations.

Next time there is an organ concert in the Dome, please send a reviewer who can give your readers a realistic understanding of the importance of the instrument and the value many will put on it, now it has been expensively restored.

-Tony Bathurst, Bridgwater