I'm sure it's getting more and more difficult to find people who can (and are willing to) play an organ well enough to play new-to-them hymns weekly in front of

I'm sure it's getting more and more difficult to find people who can (and are willing to) play an organ well enough to play new-to-them hymns weekly in front of a congregation and not sound like someone's child's recital. When many small and/or rural congregations are struggling financially just to keep their lights on while also paying for a pastor's salary and upkeep on their parsonage, the decision to allow a RPi MIDI system for a few hundred dollars one-time cost vs a few grand annually for an organist becomes an easier decision.