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/ ________|_____||_===_||_____|____________'---/_______________________ ,'`. |______________________________________________________ \
| | T H E L O F T O F T H E F A U L T F U L \______,,..-' \ ,' S U N G D O W N D A I L Y | | |
|__ |______________________________________________________________________`---`__________________________________________________| __| |
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| ╔══════════════════╗ _ _ ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ | | | |
| ║ TREMOR HYMNAL ║ _ | | _ _ | | _ │ THE GROUND MAY ANSWER │ | | | |
| ║ ──────────────── ║ | | | | | | | | | | | | _ ├────┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬──────────────┤ | | | |
| ║ TODAY WE SHALL ║ _ | | | | | | _ | | | | | | | | │ A │B│C│D│E│F│G│H│I│J│K│ CALM │ | | | |
| ║ SING: ║ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _ ├────┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼──────────────┤ | | | |
| ║ ║ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | │ L │M│N│O│P│Q│R│S│T│U│V│ COMPANY │ | | | |
| ║ No. 41 ║ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ├────┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼──────────────┤ | | | |
| ║ No. 23 ║ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | │ W │X│Y│Z│1│2│3│4│5│6│7│ ( ? ) │ | | | |
| ║ No. 57 ✶ ║ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | └────┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴──────┬───────┘ | | | |
| ║ No. 61 held ║ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | the planchette rests on the bar | | | |
| ║ over ║ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | between the two answers (o) | | | |
| ║ ──────────────── ║ |_|_|_|__|_|__|_|___|_|___|_|__|_|__|_|___|_|_|_| it has not moved this year | | | | |
| ║ a hymn is a ║ | G R E A T O R G A N O F T H E S E A M | _ __ | | | | |
| ║ number the ║ | \##\\###\\##\\###\\##\\###\\##\\###\\##\\###\\ | / \Y \| | | | |
| ║ ground has ║ | \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ | __/______\__ | | | |
| ║ not sung yet ║ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| | choirmaster `~~// 6 6\~~` | | | |
| ╚══════════════════╝ |_________________________________________________| at his stand ─────────────► C 7 | | | | |
| ║ ╔══╣ BELLOWS ROOM ║ pipe No.0 exits west, then down ║ \ '='/ ║ | | | |
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║ ║ ║ THE CHOIR (all registered voices, incl. one voice registered as GROUND, pew empty, reserved) ║
║ ║ ║ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ┌──────────┐ ║
║ ║ ║ ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮ ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮ ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮ ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮ ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮ ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮ ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮ ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮ ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮ ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮ ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮ ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮ │ RESERVED │ ║
║ ║ ║ │ ◕ ◕ │ │ ◕ ◕ │ │ ◕ ◕ │ │ ◕ ◕ │ │ ◕ ◕ │ │ ◕ ◕ │ │ ◕ ◕ │ │ ◕ ◕ │ │ ◕ ◕ │ │ ◕ ◕ │ │ ⚆ ◕ │ │ ⚆ ⚆ │ │ FOR │ ║
║ ║ ║ │ ◡ │ │ ◡ │ │ ◡ │ │ o │ │ o │ │ o │ │ O │ │ O │ │ O │ │ 0 │ │ 0 │ │ ▭ │ │ GROUND │ ║
║ ║ ║ ╰──┬───╯ ╰──┬───╯ ╰──┬───╯ ╰──┬───╯ ╰──┬───╯ ╰──┬───╯ ╰──┬───╯ ╰──┬───╯ ╰──┬───╯ ╰──┬───╯ ╰──┬───╯ ╰──┬───╯ └────┬─────┘ ║
║ ║ ║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ ║ ║ ════╧═════════╧═════════╧═════════╧═════════╧═════════╧═════════╧═════════╧═════════╧═════════╧═════════╧═════════╧═══════════╧═══ ║
║ ║ ║ what they sang, drawn at the loudness they sang it: ║
║ ║ ║ A L ║
║ ║ ║ U N N A L O ║
║ ║ ║ R U N I N G I A L O N ║
║ ║ ║ G R O U N D G B S I N G O N G ║
║ ║ ║ O G R O U N D B E R S I N G A L O N G ║
║ ║ ║ T I L O G R O U N D B B E L O R S I N G A L O N G ║
║ ║ ║ I L S T I L L O G R O U N D B E L O O O R S I N G A L O N G ║
║ ║ ║ S T I L L S T I L L B E O G R O U N D B E L O W O O R S I N G A L O N G ║
║ ║ ║ B E S T I L L S T I L L B E ─ ─ ─ O G R O U N D B E L O W ─ ─ O O R S I N G A L O N G ║
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║ ║ GREAT PIPE No.0 · SPEAKS AT 16 Hz · DO NOT TUNE /\_/\ ║
║ ║ ( -.- ) zzz (asleep on the warm bellows duct; ║
║ ║◄── the hymn goes down here ______________(")_(")______ the only seat that never trembles) ║
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║ ║ topsoil ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ what the parish buried ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒
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║ ║ .-"-. .-:-. .-"-. ░ old bells, retired, buried FACE UP so they can still hear the descant ░ ░
║ ║ / OLD\ / OLD\ / OLD\ ░ ░ _ ░ _ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░
║ ║ |BELL| |BELL| |BELL| ░ /\`--. ░ .-'`,; ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░
║ ║ \\ |// \\ |// \\ |// ░ ░ |o-| )>=====o /_.-' ( ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░
║ ║ ` " "" " ` ' "" " " ' "" " ░ \/.--' ░ ░ `-. #\ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░
║ ║ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ \_ / ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░
║ ╚═╗ the pipe ends one fathom above the seam. it does not touch. touching would be presumption. ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░
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╙─╜ ◄ mouth of pipe No.0, open, one fathom of dark air, then:
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ THE SEAM'S REPLY · taken down by the choirmaster during hymn No.57 · filed in the hymnal as No.61 · held over │
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│ |~| ~~· ~~· | | ** | ~*~* | ~~~~· ~~· ~· │
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│ ~~| ~· ~· | ~| ~* **| *~~~~· ~~~~· ~· ~· │
│ | *~ **|*| │
│ *##* *| │
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│ ▲ P (it clears its throat) ▲ S (the verse) (coda: it hums to itself, or it settles. the board is split.) │
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and the reply comes back up the pipe four days later, worn smooth by the rock, and the choir sings it without being told to:
G N O L A G N I S R O W O L E B D N U O R G O L L I T S E B
G N O L : G N I . R : W : L E . D N : O R . O L . I T . E :
: N : L . : N . . . : . : L . . : N . : . . : . . : . . . :
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▓▓ lower rock. it has a pew now. nobody will say which one. ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ wib&wob ▓▓
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