Pipe organ versus digital organ: an analogy
Apropos Michael Lawrence’s NLM post on pipe vs. digital organs, let me offer what I think is a fitting analogy:
Pipe organ is to digital organ as hardbound missal is to paperback missalette.
One could seriously have a field day counting how many ways the analogy fits. Care to take a crack at it?
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Pipe Organ : Digital Organ :: Gold-plated paten & chalice : Dixie paper plate and cup
Pipe organ is to digital organ as woven tapestry is to glued-up felt banner.
Pipe organ is to digital organ as embroidered silk brocade vestments are to polyester vestments
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This one is for those who hate the liturgical music of the here and now – pipe Organ : digital Organ :: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina : Marty Haugen!
Pipe organ is to digital organ as real fruit is to plastic fruit.