SOPP731: Is it a good thing to put your hands on the bench during pedal solos?

Let's start episode 731 of Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast. This question was sent by Dan and he writes:
Interesting podcast episode here, on pedal technique, Vidas.  You talk about putting hands on the bench during pedal solos. I’ll often do this, as I’m not playing anything in the manuals.  Would you say this is a good thing to do, technically speaking?  Or would you advise organists that you’re working with, to keep their hands on the manuals, so they can be ready for when manual parts come back in?  Speaking of playing baroque music with toes only, with the Toccata, from BWV 564, and the pedal solo that it has in it, how would you play the part that has triplets in it, as smooth as possible?  This is a bit in that pedal solo in that toccata that I've always not gotten as smooth as I’d like it to be, and as smooth as I’ve heard organists generally play it.  

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