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Two manual pipe organs on eBay - will be scrapped if not rescued

Started by organforumadmin, September 01, 2010, 03:52:57 PM

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Ebay item http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320580018260 - not sold for the second time - phone
07872470989 for details - http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N11817 Robert Spurden Rutt 1896

Ebay item http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360292706324 - not sold and going for £300 to a scrap merchant if not bought - Devon

Ebay item http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180553865520 Liverpool Rushworth & Draper 2 manual pedal pipe organ,  cased in light oak and built in 1949.

Quote New items – keyboards, console & organ seat, with existing and second hand materials – tin, lead and wood pipes, pedals and electro pneumatic magnets were used.

Organ Specification                                                                                                           

Swell Organincludes  Oboe,  Cornopean, Fifteenth, Gemshorn , Salicional, Open Diapason , Octave & Suboctave

Great Organ  includes  Trumpet, Mixture, Principal, Flute, Dulciana,  Open Diapason

Pedal Organ includes Bass Flute, Bourdon, Open DiapasonSwell to GreatSwell to Pedal

Pneumatic apparatus includes rubber & metal tubing, various skins, felts & valves.

revtonynewnham

Hi

The item number of the R&D link has got missed off - copy and paste the whole link, including the number to get it to work.

R&D organs are, in my opinion, somewhat under rated at present, so it should be worth saving.  However, these post do highlight the problems in the UK of a glut of "surplus" organs - and churches in particular thinking that their pipe organ is worth more than it really is.  It's one thing for a redundant church to try and dispose of the organ, but my concern is many active churches are also getting rid of often good pipe organs because some sections of the church think that they are unfashionable/old fashioned/we don't have anyone to play it/ it costs too much to restore (delete as appropriate!).  This is a short-sighted approach - fashions change - usually in circles - and I can envisage a time when said churches will bemoan the fact that they got rid of pipe organs - especially when faced with the cost of replacement.  Also, such organs often represent sacrificial giving on the part of previous generations and are part of the church's history.  Now, the church is emphatically NOT a museum - but most organs could easily be retained - even if "moth balled".

Rant mode OFF.

Every Blessing

Tony