Organ Mouse Pads

Unfortunately many of us trundle along with our humble little one or two-manual organs, dreaming of the colours and power of a much larger instrument. Although size isn't everything, it helps when it comes to pipe organs. Cavaillé-Coll knew a thing or two about building organs but he didn't always make enormous ones. Little house organs were as much a part of his stock-in-trade as the more famous ones such as that in St Sulpice in Paris. But as a by-word in the organ world, Cavaillé-Coll stands for quality, beauty and unique, unforgettable sound.
Which is why I came up with this latest little design on my mousepads. "My other organ is a Cavaillé=Coll" with a picture of the typical little English church organ you will find in a myriad of churches around the world.
If you would prefer a Rieger, Mander, Klais, Casavant or an instrument by any other organ builder, you only have to change the text before buying your mousepad! Ah, so simple :-)

This is a sad, sad story - our beloved Rieger pipe organ, that was installed in the Christchurch Town Hall in 1997, was silenced on February 22nd in 2011 after a series of devastating earthquakes. It won't be forever, as the silence is mainly because the building is too dangerous for public access, but we do miss this beautiful pipe organ so much. We are the lucky ones however, as so many of the organs in Christchurch have been either completely destroyed or so damaged that recovery is unlikely given the cost.
So this mousepad is for them, in a way, And so that you may never take your own pipe organ for granted.
See the next module for a video made of this superb instrument.

Some people say that using a mousepad really doesn't do much for your (ah, how would people express it these days?) surfing or computing experience. Yes, that's it: experience. Read this from Wikipedia:
"The three most important benefits of the introduction of the mousepad were higher speed, more precision, and comfort for the user. A secondary benefit was keeping the desk or table surface from being scratched and worn by continuous hand and mouse rubbing motion. Another benefit was reduction of the collection of debris under the mouse, which resulted in reduced jitter of the pointer on the display.

When optical mice, which use image sensors to detect movement, were first introduced into the market, they required special mousepads with optical patterns printed on them. Modern optical mice can function to an acceptable degree of accuracy on plain paper and other surfaces. However, some optical mouse users (especially gamers, designers, and other heavy users) may prefer a mousepad for comfort, speed and accuracy , and to prevent wear to the desk or table surface.

Well, I say hear! hear! to that. Although I use an optical mouse, I find the only surface that reads well enough is either my mousepad or the specially finely textured vinyl cover of my desktop. But here's the big reason why photos of organs make specially good mousepad surfaces, even for optical mice: the optics have plenty of variation in colour and tone of the intricate and highly detailed images from which to take the readings. Simple as that.
So get your pipe organ mousepad today! (and make Churchmouse happy....)