Carols in the wind.
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.
Marley
J E
JE
Department of General Practice, University of Adelaide, SA. john.marley@adelaide.edu.au
Searle
P
P
Chamberlain
N L
NL
Turnbull
D R
DR
Leahy
C M
CM
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