Organ matters - Organs matter!

I'm looking for two or three organ pieces that sound demonstrably Arabic or Indian. They don't have to be by composers from that area: I'm thinking for example of something like Glazunov's string quartet Orientale (www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUgVvs9P7_M). Even piano pieces might be OK, if they're playable on an organ. Any suggestions? I've not managed to find much on the web.

Friday, 27 July 2012, starts 19:30

For some reason, the churchwardens at Xxxxxxx another local church decided not to host this annual concert featuring 'celebrity organist' Nigel Ogden [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/presenters/nigel-ogden/], even though it had been booked since last year. Luckily, it has been possible to transfer it to Holy Trinity Church, Ramsgate. Tickets £10 at the door or £8 pre-booked; tickets and Information 01227 720276 or 01304 813146. Proceeds to Church Funds. Sponsored by F.H. Browne & Sons (Organ Builders) Ltd.

For those who do that sort of thing, you can spread the word and invite friends etc. here too: http://www.facebook.com/events/352584864810456/

Our organ at St Nicholas-at-Wade (near Margate) is 99% certain to be replaced very soon, pending minor details like a Faculty...

Assuming no hiccoughs, we're looking for someone to disassemble & remove it a.s.a.p. from July 23, as scaffolding starts going up that day for replastering work.

The organ is almost fully working - the roller for the pedals is rusty and one pedal key (middle F) has pulled through so is inoperative, but everything else is fine (a bit of tuning needed). It is in use, can be heard working, and can be played if wanted. The spec is here: www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N12907. It's OK for small services, weddings, etc. although it lacks reeds, pistons and similar mod cons. We're not sure who made it, but it arrived in the church 2nd hand around 1930.

I'm debating put it up on an auction site, although if someone here offered a donation via private message, meaning more money goes to the fabric fund instead of eBay Inc., I'm sure that would be a better solution. I can supply basic photos and so on if needed.

At our church in North-East Kent we have an old 2 manual tracker organ (http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N12907) where one of the pedal notes has failed (rollers rusted through; all the rollers are apparently in a similar state so likely to fail soon). Repairs would be around £1000 but everyone who knows it (the local organ builders, diocesan organ advisor, local organists) says it's not really worth it: it's too small for the church and unsuitable for the concerts & recitals we're aiming to stage there.

Until today we had an option on a much better organ (http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D03036) -- only 39 years old, electro-pneumatic, reeds, pistons, Mixture, 32', etc. -- all features I'd like, and lack at present. It also would fit into the space available, just. Sadly, the situation on their side has changed so all bets & offers are off for the time being.

We had looked at one more in the region (http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N00219) which would also have been a significant improvement -- but sadly, the cost of shifting it was estimated at £40,000+ which is well outside our budget (£25,000 or so, including purchase cost if any, moving, cleaning, repairs, VAT and all).

I have looked at the IBO list (and glanced at eBay), but don't know enough myself to decide whether the total cost implications of e.g. http://www.ibo.co.uk/IBO2005/services/redundant/manResult.asp?manuals=three&Submit=View&index=5 would be within our budget or way outside. Unfortunately the IBO list contains nothing in Kent we don't already know, and travelling to Manchester, Wiltshire and Devon "just in case" isn't really an option. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions?