This topic is very interesting. Some years ago i was talking about thisthings,with a friend who is a Psyco -analist who is a music lover. The opinion i will tell is not mine, but from the Psyco -analist. He told me: one of the big worries in a life of women is to be ofended. Well then he asked to me:why the women is afraid of reptils, and of mouses?. Well he told to me: some music too, or some Instruments has such a kind of personality and even them suggested a genre, and when they suggested a genre they make it not soft but screaming. WELL, this is what happen with the huge pipe organ, specially when you play it with a "Ripieno" register. and in Fortissimo. For the men it reinforce his personality, but for women it "invade" her privacy and else. Of course this conversation was very long,and we were speaking about this kind of associations with other instruments, and with diferent kind of genres, etc. I think it was a very interesting point of view, and i agree about that opinion,but(anyway) i think it's more subjetive than objetive. Regards Gerardo:.