A SHORT paragraph in the Herald Diary entitled "Pulled out stops" (November 8) caught my eye. The magnificent concert organ in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a unique instrument, built in 1901, and has proved immensely popular as a team of experienced organists give a daily recital at 1pm and have done so over the last 10 years. It is a welcome feature of life at Kelvingrove and highly acclaimed, by the very friendly staff and public alike, thanks particularly to the Honorary Director of Music, Dr James Hunter, who has the massive task of arranging 300 recitals per year.

How sad, therefore, that your reported visitor from Perth would comment in such a mean-spirited way that the top art museum in the UK could be described as "poor", especially in a building which was originally designed for music as well as art. All he or she needs to do is to avoid being in the building from 1pm until 1.30pm and leave the several hundred people who gather every day to enjoy the music and its variety of styles. There are often visiting choirs and orchestral players – would your visitor have all of these abolished as well?

Why do I write thus? I am one of that team of organists who has been playing at Kelvingrove since 1969 and we all have enjoyed bringing pleasure to thousands.

William R Hutcheson,

20 Ballater Drive, Thorny Park, Paisley.