Secrets Of Organ Playing Podcast

This question was sent by Steve and he writes: Good morning Vidas, Another very fine podcast topic, very helpful, and thank you for posting. A couple of additional thoughts came to my mind as I listened to the podcast ... When I pedal this piece, I keep in mind the type of organ for which it was written. On French organs there's a stiffness in the pedals, because of linkage, that makes it a little more difficult to use the heels in rapid passages. Using the toes allows you to lean into the pedal more. So, with the opening theme, I keep the pedal legato with the right toe on D, stepping over it with the left toe taking C and Eb. Same with the F and Gb, I use the toes only ... right toe on F and left toe on Gb. The left heel could be used on the first note C, but if we use the right heel on D and F it's more difficult to get those 16th notes short enough, especially when the tempo is faster. I don't play this Toccata extremely fast ... for many reasons, but one reason is so I can get those 16th notes in the