title: Carols in the wind.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare mood and emotional responses to music played on pipe organs and pipeless (digital) organs.
  
  
  METHODS
  A two-organ (pipe v. digital) crossover study.
  
  
  METHODS
  St Theodore's Anglican Church, Adelaide.
  
  
  METHODS
  43 non-musician volunteers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Changes in mood and emotions measured by the Profile of Mood States.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both instruments produced significant reductions in the emotions commonly experienced during the Christmas season: tension-anxiety, depression-rejection, anger-hostility and fatigue. There were no significant changes for vigour or confusion-bewilderment, and no significant differences between the mood-altering effects of the two instruments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pipeless organs are as effective as pipe organs in inducing beneficial mood changes.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice, University of Adelaide, SA. john.marley@adelaide.edu.au
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Marley
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Searle
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Chamberlain
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Turnbull
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Leahy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D004581:Electronics; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music / Q000523:psychology*; D011897:Random Allocation