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#21
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300863766701&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123

Just appeared on Ebay - sounds like they plan to replace a wonderful Hill with a toaster and have already valued the pipes as scrap metal  :'(

Hope someone can save it.

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#23
I've just had this email forwarded to me and am copying it in full.

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From: john bodiley [mailto:jbodiley@hotmail.co.uk]
Sent: 29 January 2013 18:32
To: Julia Steward; Stephen Bell; Andrew Carter; chppr@clik.ac; rjwillis48@gmail.com; music@grahamwillson.org; landjlockwood@tiscali.co.uk; Derek Dorey; ontherightnote@talktalk.net; lucilla.watson@btinternet.com; John Young; simon forrester; Miles Quick; Steven Martin
Subject: pipe organ for sale

Colleagues:

Bridgwater College has a pipe organ for sale. It is a Rushworth & Dreaper extension instrument with 2 manuals and 30 note pedal-board. There are 5/6 stops on each manual, derived from 2 ranks of good quality spotted metal pipework, apart from the largest basses, which are stopped zinc. The "case" is two opposing large triangles of pipework. The largest pedal pipes are in a separate, taller case at the back. The pipes are behind plexiglass swell shutters which currently do not function!
The organ has been assessed by Andrew Fearn, of T.W. Fearn, as broadly very effective. That said, it needs a complete overhaul, and were it to be purchased and moved, the opportunity should be taken to rebuild it and to renew action mechanism where necessary. The cost of this work he estimates as £5,000 - £7,000. As for the price of the organ, the college has been advised that it will not fetch more than a few hundred. For under £8,000, therefore, a two-manual and pedal pipe organ could be available. The large pedal pipes in their separate box could be detached and placed away from the rest of the instrument, since they currently make it taller than it need be. It would then, I think, fit under a ceiling height of about 10 feet.

I am circulating you all, since it is possible, in your peregrinations among local churches, that you may hear of a church looking to replace a decrepit pipe organ, or even looking to replace a digital instrument. A bequest may have been left by a local worthy towards music in the parish. Alternatively, you may know of an individual living in a palatial home, which could accommodate such an organ. You may even be such a person yourself! If you have any thoughts about this, or would like to try it yourself, get in touch, and I'll try to arrange a visit.

Best wishes,

John
#24
Just spotted this on Ebay.  Hope it's been dismantled and stored properly:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200876499505&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123

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#27
House Organs / NPOR
December 10, 2012, 12:21:15 PM
I sent the details of my house organ to NPOR a few weeks ago.  Had an email back the same day as they couldn't read my Mac file.  I changed it, and they confirmed that they could now read it.  Just wondering how long it might be before it appears on the database?

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#29
Organs in danger / Flood damage
November 26, 2012, 09:39:08 PM
Many areas around here (in Somerset) have suffered severe flooding over the past few days.  Whilst, obviously, people are concerned firstly with saving lives and preserving property, does anyone know whether any organs have been damaged?
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#30
Organs on eBay or for urgent sale / David Sanger's organ
November 17, 2012, 11:40:21 AM
Just spotted this on the ABRSM forum.  A chance to acquire a very good organ for practice or church use.  O that I had the space?

http://www.abrsm.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=52256&st=0&#entry1179047

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#32
Organs on eBay or for urgent sale / Nigel Church Organ
November 17, 2012, 11:30:24 AM
Just appeared on Ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/church-organ-1-manual-/281025251645?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Keyboard_RL&hash=item416e69093d&_uhb=1

To be replaced by a toaster - what are the DAC thinking about to give a faculty for this?

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#35
Organs on eBay or for urgent sale / Father Willis!
October 01, 2012, 02:29:57 PM
Just appeared on Ebay - surely, for God's sake, this organ MUST be saved!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180986128365&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123#ht_2074wt_1063\

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#36
Organs on eBay or for urgent sale / Organ in Bristol
September 28, 2012, 03:58:58 PM
Another nice organ on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200825530059&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123#ht_782wt_1063

Griffen & Stroud built very nice instruments, and this one should be well worth saving.
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#38
Another on Ebay today:  I've never before come across a Kaurolopiton 8'

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221094961309&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123#ht_633wt_1049
#39
Just spotted this:  the ad says that the organ will be scrapped if not sold quickly.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130740565273&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123#ht_500wt_1070

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