Abram
New member
Hello everyone. I have always liked pipe organs and I recently was able to aquire most of one.
Our Church is remodeling this summer and its an old Methodist church built in 1917 and an addition in 1928. When our congregation started renting this building 4 years ago we found what was left of the organ in its chamber. I asked the building administrater if they had any plans for it and he said they didn't, so I said if they wanted to get rid of it I would remove it for free.
Well I didn't hear anything for four years, but when they announced they were going to be remodeling this summer I asked them again what was going to happen to the organ. I was told they were going to get rid of it, so I asked again if I could have it and they said as long as you get it out before the contractor comes in and removes to a dumpster.
So without the slightest clue of what we were doing and with the help of my Mom, Dad, and brothers we got all the pipes, windchests, bellows, air pipes, chimes, veins, (I think thats what they're called) framework, and everything else in the organ chamber and what was left in the blower room in the basement we got out within a month before the contractor came.
The console was destroyed in a fire in 1960. And the blower was also removed sometime ago. But everything else appears to be there.
We now have pipes standing in my parents living room and we filled up two bedrooms upstairs with pieces and my house is also filled up with pipes and windchests.
I set a few ranks of pipes up in my living room to get them off the floor and to make some space, but I really don't have or know of a good way to store all the pipes.
I would like to get a console someday and set this thing up to play again, but I don't see that happening for a long time.
We were in kind of a hurry to get the organ out so we probably didn't do the greatest job labeling or moving the pieces.
It was hard to get good pictures of it before we started taking it apart. But I'll post a bunch if you want to see it in the gallery.
Our Church is remodeling this summer and its an old Methodist church built in 1917 and an addition in 1928. When our congregation started renting this building 4 years ago we found what was left of the organ in its chamber. I asked the building administrater if they had any plans for it and he said they didn't, so I said if they wanted to get rid of it I would remove it for free.
Well I didn't hear anything for four years, but when they announced they were going to be remodeling this summer I asked them again what was going to happen to the organ. I was told they were going to get rid of it, so I asked again if I could have it and they said as long as you get it out before the contractor comes in and removes to a dumpster.
So without the slightest clue of what we were doing and with the help of my Mom, Dad, and brothers we got all the pipes, windchests, bellows, air pipes, chimes, veins, (I think thats what they're called) framework, and everything else in the organ chamber and what was left in the blower room in the basement we got out within a month before the contractor came.
The console was destroyed in a fire in 1960. And the blower was also removed sometime ago. But everything else appears to be there.
We now have pipes standing in my parents living room and we filled up two bedrooms upstairs with pieces and my house is also filled up with pipes and windchests.
I set a few ranks of pipes up in my living room to get them off the floor and to make some space, but I really don't have or know of a good way to store all the pipes.
I would like to get a console someday and set this thing up to play again, but I don't see that happening for a long time.
We were in kind of a hurry to get the organ out so we probably didn't do the greatest job labeling or moving the pieces.
It was hard to get good pictures of it before we started taking it apart. But I'll post a bunch if you want to see it in the gallery.
