John Wycliffe appears wasted and physically weak. Thorpe says Wycliffe was of unblemished walk in life, and regarded affectionately by people of rank, who often consorted with him, took down his sayings, and clung to him. "I indeed clove to none closer than to him, the wisest and most blessed of all men whom I have ever found." Thomas Netter highly esteemed John Kynyngham in that he "so bravely offered himself to the biting speech of the heretic and to words that stung as being without the religion of Christ". But this example of Netter is not well chosen, since the tone
Organ reform movement electro-pneumatic or direct electric action. Some of the leading organ-builders of the movement were: A common criticism of the Organ Reform Movement was that its principles were often taken to extremes that became more dogmatic than musical, while ruining many fine symphonic organs and disappointing many listeners. Some of the alterations that the movement executed on pre-movement instruments have since been reversed to support a wider range of repertoire, such as on the notable pipe organs of Auckland Town Hall, Princeton University Chapel, and Chicago's Rockefeller Chapel. Organ reform movement The Organ Reform Movement sought to turn away from many