For an organist on a budget this will have to do me I'm afraid.
Pp thinks they are hilarious and thankfully nobody can see my feet so I'm all good.

Oohlala! You have a page turner?
And Ever After I loved that film!
More people were shocked by my explorer socks than they are over these shoes. That is something to probably note.

Jackson,

You wouldn't wear them, and no doubt if you slipped a mental disk and wore them, the would look hideous and shamelessly tasteless on you, but is it just possible that Jes finds them less offensive on women's feet than you would (rightly) on men's feet?

Don't let Diane Bish or Cameron Carpenter see them. Hair will be pulled, garments ripped, and brooches snatched in the fight to see who gets those shoes.

If Tic Tac Toes are still available, I would think they might be better made than Organmasters. Organmasters are not made in the U.S. any more and it seems the quality has declined a bit. I have a friend with Tic Tac Toes and they are U.S. made and possibly of better quality. Next time I think I will get those.

https://www.tictactoes.com/dance/organist_choose.htm

But no lipstick prints. LOL.

Please post a video of you playing pedals in these... this is truly exotic... Although my first pair of playing shoes were Capezio’s, and they were shiny patent leather. I guess I belong to the same club.

Jackson,

I withdraw my previous comment. I didn't make any sense of the "lipstick" print, because my picture wasn't very clear. Hideous would just about do the job. I still think they would be more hideous on men's feet, but I no longer think they have redeeming value.

Haha I'm not self respecting... clearly. :-( You know how to hurt a woman. Haha. I have a remedy in mind...

I did say in the review the print is ghastly! When I ordered them I ordered plain black so imagine the shock I got when they were smeared with kisses. I did run them by the parish priest and he laughed and responded with "this is so unlike you it's hilarious!"

I have got an idea to glue gun or use t-shirt paint to put some spots on the shoes instead of lip marks. But for now I am just going to try them out and see if they are worth it. I'm thus far deeming them useful as now my heels reach the pedals without having to adjust the bench to a bad position for me so I will be shelling out the funds for some real black ones made in Brisbane. (Though shiny gold are an option too ew!)

I also thought that sanding them could be an option as it's that puff t-shirt style print.

@canadash dye won't work but I agree something can be done to make them more tasteful.

@CharlesW I'll look into the shoes link. Thanks.

They are beyond hideous - beyond tasteless. I cannot fathom how any self-respecting person would wear them.

Thankfully, Jes has a sense of humor regarding the situation. In the real world, sometimes we have to make the best of a bad circumstance... like wearing shoes we might not have purchased had we a clear picture of them in advance... or even - gasp - playing a simulacrum because that's all that is available.

Let's not be too serious about ourselves - and perhaps a bit more courteous in our posts.

Look at it this way, Jes - no one will ever steal them. ;-) AND you will never run the risk of getting dressed up and inadvertently putting them on. See? Silver linings all over the place.

you can always hand them off to your Mom (for example) and say, give me those back. Then if someone should say something snarky about them, you can put on your pious face and say, my Mom gave them to me.
my $0.02, If they fit, and work well, that's that.

My organist slips out of her organ shoes and back into street shoes when she leaves the loft to receive Communion. Not sure whether that's to prolong the life of the organ shoes or what (would they be slippery on wooden stairs?). Hey maybe hers have lip prints too... never looked, but I will.

I was just thinking about those organ concerts with closed circuit TV so that the concert goers can see the pedal work. Jes would cause quite a stir with lipstick printing on her shoes!

@TCJ fantastic idea, unfortunately I was away when the shoes arrived so the 30 day trial is expired according to the sites policy.

@mmeladirectress yes very slippery and to preserve them it's best not to walk in them for one little stone could then later on scratch the varnish off a pedal.

Anyway, best foot forward now. Gotta make the most of it.

To paraphrase an old pop song to apply to organ shoes, 'these shoes are not made for walking.' I find them difficult to walk in and even hazardous. Those soft soles are easily destroyed and are only good for playing the organ.