Want a FREE pipe organ? (...too good to scrap)

[@mattbod]

An organ builder should take this and keep it in storage until a home can be found.

[@OrganicVisitations]

I’m not sure an organ builder would have the storage capacity, but it would be short term solution.

[@mattbod]

@@OrganicVisitations there is a guy who featured on the BBC who rescues organs. It would be tragic if it was scrapped. Another church could possibly benefit?

[@shanehall98]

Lets hope it finds a new home.

[@user-mz6qu3hz6m]

It is a lovely set of stops. It’s unfortunate that we weren’t able to hear the ensemble. The noisy tremulant is nothing to worry about. That can certainly be tamed. I imagine they rarely used it, so it probably just needs a little love.

[@w270rab]

A fine looking compact organ in good tune, I hope it can be saved. If the chapel is being converted into a residence, the organ could be left in place as a historic feature, even if the new owner can't play it there is likely to be a future visitor who can. There are quite a few churches closing & being sold off for redevelopment in Wales, one in Ferryside, West Wales, that was sold last year had a Norman & Beard organ that was built around 1910 that looked in excellent condition, lets hope that one got saved.

[@OrganicVisitations]

It’s a sad sign of the times when so many churches are closing. I drive past redundant churches everyday and I always wonder what came of the organ. Hopefully a home can be found for this one 👍🎹

[@reverens2485]

What a nice organ! So sad i dont have space for it. Lets hope it finds a good home

[@OrganicVisitations]

If my garage was a bit larger…👍🎹

[@TrinityDivineMozart]

Tremendously wonderful I would love to have a sanctuary sized pipe organ in my house to play wonderfully hymns haha. A wonderful church could own it. 🙏🎼

[@OrganicVisitations]

Wouldn't that be something! If I had the space...🎹

[@davidkennedy4845]

I do hope you find a new home for it. The organ is a work of art in it's own right.

[@charlottegrieff662]

The decoration on those pipes is stunning. For a second there I thought it was a Forster and Andrews. I hope you can find a home for it as too many are being scrapped. It's tonally beautiful.

[@OrganicVisitations]

I hope so too!

[@Emerald_Acre_OH]

Beautiful instrument! I wish you the best in re-homing the organ!

[@OrganicVisitations]

I hope so too

[@PeterMackett]

Much too good an organ to just scrap!, i hope someone will give it a new home, the pipe voicing is beautiful!

[@OrganicVisitations]

I agree! And such a great looking organ 👍🎹

[@degroot9914]

Oh yes please i want it so bad! We need a organ for our English choir in the Netherlands.

[@OrganicVisitations]

Contact Martin! Details in the description 👍🎹

[@timothysobina6777]

Very nice! And, this pipe organ was at the helm of many hymns over many years, embellishing the Faith of so many congregations. It would be very sad to destroy what has been divinely reliable for many years in this church setting. It's wonderful it's being offered free of charge. Praying this beautiful instrument will continue to be pleasing to many more congregations. ✝️🎹 🙏 🎹✝️

[@user-gg4ol3fo2c]

It's really a wonderful pipe organ,its sound and look are so nice. If possible,I hope my church in Taiwan could be it's new home. I'm one of the church accompanists of my church who only plays electronic pipe organs. Having a real pipe organ is our dream,I can't imagine how wonderful would it be if I can hear the beautiful sound in my church.

[@martinroberts2811]

What a magnificnet instrument with some nice tonal qualities , oh to have the space !!!! Really hope a new home is found for this organ

[@OrganicVisitations]

I wish I had the space too! 👍🎹

[@pilotusa]

It's beautiful! Wish I had the money to move it to the Philippines! I hope someone will give it a new home for another hundred years.

[@OrganicVisitations]

Wish I had the space! 👍🎹

[@ethanlamoureux5306]

As others have said, it’s too bad that it’s on the other side of the Big Pond from me! Hope it finds a good home!

[@OrganicVisitations]

One can only hope 🎹👍

[@tambrosia]

Oh I wish I could have that moved to the USA and put it into good use. I do hope someone person or organization that can save this wonderful instrument. Pax+

[@chrisburn7178]

What a cracking little instrument, both in terms of specification and aesthetics. Some nice strings and the reed, plus having a balanced swell pedal makes it more versatile than many similar instruments that churches make do with. I'm passing the word around here in Kent, I know one of the local organ builder/tuners.

[@OrganicVisitations]

It is lovely, and despite NPOR listing it as ‘bad state of repair’ I couldn’t see much wrong with it. Thank you for spreading the word and fingers crossed 🤞

[@rbk2745]

I wish i could have this organ. Good luck.

[@OrganicVisitations]

👍🎹🎶

[@peterverhelst95]

Beautiful, I love to put it in our church. Unfortunately I’m in Canada and don’t have the money or know how to move it

[@OrganicVisitations]

I think it’s been rehomed 👍🎹 Hit subscribe 👍🎹

[@louisglen1653]

A nice organ! I hope a home is found for it. Thanks for another nice video!

[@OrganicVisitations]

Fingers crossed 🤞

[@natepultorakmusic928]

What a lovely instrument! Alas it would be cost prohibitive (with my income) to get it across the pond to me. Heres hoping it goes to a good home!

[@OrganicVisitations]

I so wish I had space for it. I feel sure it will find a home 👍🎹

[@user-cv3wx3cn4n]

Please do not let this be organ be destroyed. Sadly so many established Churches have money problems. But I would suggest the details are sent to Boggis & Briscoe of Diss Norfolk as they are very good at finding homes for redundant organs.

[@OrganicVisitations]

Hopefully a good home will be found and thank you for the suggestion 👍🎹

[@leedshunk]

So sad to see the Chapel close , my family were organists there and st Helens on the cliff 😢

[@russellwaite5874]

I WISH I had somewhere to install it. Here's really really hoping it finds a new home.

[@richardharrold9736]

Quite a few Nelsons have gone to Germany, including one at Reifferscheid, near the Nürburgring. One has even been transformed into a 4-manual by the organ-builder, a chap called Elmar Krawinkel, who rescues many English organs.

[@OrganicVisitations]

Yes, I’ve seen a few local ones find themselves in Germany and Eastern Europe 🎹👍

[@FraserGartshore]

Quite right Richard - the “biggie” you mentioned is in a tiny village in the Westerwald in Germany - Gackenbach - I have featured it many times on my channel and even recorded a cd there. It’s one of the best sounding English organs anywhere outside the UK. The Nelson pipe work is of astounding quality. Let’s get this little gem saved!

[@richardharrold9736]

@@FraserGartshore hi Fraser! I knew of Gackenbach but couldn't remember the name. I think I was aware of it before you featured it because I'm an insufferable know-it-all... I've never seen a Nelson in person (being a southerner, albeit the son of a Dundonian!), so good to hear you rate them. Immediately after I wrote the comment above, I emailed Krawinkel with a link to this video in the hope they could do something with this organ. I've heard nothing back, other than an autoresponder.

[@sjmmokalos01]

Im a organ lover in china.I'm so glad that someone would be so kind to give a such nice organ away as a gift.but its so far away that i cant even have a look at it. so just hope it will find a nice home with a responsible owner🎉

[@OrganicVisitations]

I wish you good luck in finding something more local 😊👍🎹

[@sjmmokalos01]

@@OrganicVisitations thank you.but unfortunately ..😢Due to cultural differences, there are almost no churches with organ in China.they are only in large concert halls.but i love the instr soooo much,and maybe i will visit western countries sometime in the future

[@paulaustin9634]

@@sjmmokalos01 You would be very welcome 👍🎹

[@Youtube_deleted_my_favourites]

Anna Lapwood wants it!

[@OrganicVisitations]

Not enough stops for her 😆

[@davidfernandosalcedo4534]

I’m really interested

[@TB76Returns]

I'd have it but I don't have space in a 1930s semi-detached! I'm seeing what I can do, I've posted this video on the Pipe Organ Discord Server and shared it on my Instagram Story, as well as texted a local organist who may know somewhere that needs a new pipe organ. Hopefully something will have come out from my efforts.

[@OrganicVisitations]

Thank you for sharing this organs ‘fate’. Let’s hope somebody, somewhere, can help preserve it 👍🎹🎶

[@bendover2150]

My church would love to have this organ!

[@OrganicVisitations]

Hope you manage to find one 👍🎹

[@stuartmclaren2402]

All the best in finding a new home and yes there have been a couple of organs which have found a new home in the US. Sadly we have quite a few mothballed in NZ as earthquakes are disastrous for pipe organs. Our Wellington City Cathedral pipe organ was trashed in a medium earthquake while other pipe organs close by were undamaged. The vestry were faced with huge rebuild costs with the risk that a further earthquake would destroy it again. So the vestry chose to replace the organ with a large custom built Viscount digital organ which would be far more robust in any future shake. Added to that digital organs need no tuning and very little maintenance which is a substantial cost saving.

[@OrganicVisitations]

Makes sense to have a digital in those circumstances. Never sound the same as ‘real’ pipes sadly 👍🎹

[@davidphilips4637]

Beautiful organ I guess even nwith removal and reinstallation costs it will be an absolute bargain for a church somewhere.

[@OrganicVisitations]

Totally agree 👍🎹

[@haraldbirk964]

For our church in Harare Zimbabwe

[@caiomunguba1298]

If Mr. Martin McLachlan wishes, we can give this organ a new life in our congregation in Brazil. We recently received a piano that will be restored and used for music classes, and for some time we have been looking for an organ donation, but It's not easy to find. I'm not sure about the transportation costs, but we would make great use of it with choral music and traditional hymns, as it should be.

[@OrganicVisitations]

Please see the video description for contact details 👍🎹🎶

[@jamesmahan284]

Could you do a small concert on it in the event it does get scraped or damaged in transport? ideas would be a small programme or using as an accompaniment for a vocalist or wind or string player. Then share on youtube.

[@OrganicVisitations]

No that’s a thought…🤔

[@johnwilson-mr6pw]

Another great video. I fear the cost of dismantling and re-building may well be the death knell of this lovely instrument. For what it would cost to move this organ, one could buy a fairly good electronic organ. Maybe the lovely decorative facade pipes could be incorporated elsewhere if it proves too expensive to move the whole thing.

[@OrganicVisitations]

There have been a few moved from UK to Germany and Eastern Europe recently and so hopefully there is good news for this one 👍🎹

[@bahoonies]

​@OrganicVisitations There's an youtube channel called the Pettricks - a family who are restoring a chateau and a convent in France. They were offered for free an organ in St. John's Cathedral in Norwich. It was to be installed in the convent Chapel with the proviso that it be restored to playing condition. Remarkably, they did it, only finishing in time for this Christmas gone. There are a whole series of videos showing the whole project from dismantling in St. John's to it being played in its new home. It was absolutely inspiring and it shows that it can be done. I do hope you find a home for this lovely instrument. I've subscribed to your channel.

[@iangreer4585]

Wish I had the financial means to bring it to my house in the southern United States, otherwise I would love to get it over here

[@ydrezet]

wonderfull ! Has the organ found a new home ?

[@OrganicVisitations]

I believe it has been housed. I hope to make another video about it soon...in it's new home 👍🎹

[@flynn.ackland]

should keep if for concerts

[@OrganicVisitations]

I wish I had space to keep it. The church building is up for sale and so the organ needs moving 👍🎹

[@Conn653]

Generally, it's in tune. Needs some 'touch-up' though. I could hear a few pipes were slightly out of tune. (I tune pipe organs, too) Too bad you're in North East England and I'm in North Central Texas, USA. Best wishes! 🙂

[@OrganicVisitations]

Certainly needs a touch up here and there, but reasonably in tune considering it hasn’t been played or maintained for nearly a year 👍🎹

[@bradycall1889]

I wish I could have it but I don't have room 😭😭😭😭

[@OrganicVisitations]

My thoughts entirely! 🎹👍

[@CharlesLangSamuel]

I’ve shared this on FB. Out here in California many of the churches still playing organ weekly use electronic organs. Would be nice if a fund were set up or some partnership of Wesleyans to help us upgrade to real pipe organs.

[@OrganicVisitations]

Thank you for sharing! Where in CA are you? (Just curious as I was there relatively recently)

[@CharlesLangSamuel]

@@OrganicVisitations Likewise thank you for your thorough demonstration of this capable organ; I am in Lompoc, north of Santa Barbara. Just a couple of examples here we have a Lutheran church with small attendance of 20 and just a few really still know well the hymns, while a little north in Arroyo Grande a Methodist church I was in when younger, a pretty large nice building, both electronic organs. I would think a little heritage in the form of that organ to help the younger generation learn history of Christianity would be welcome somewhere around here. Not all the young people can afford to go abroad.

[@kaneaccordionist4047]

I would love to have it but there’s no way I could afford shipping costs to Ohio USA.

[@OrganicVisitations]

Good luck on finding something more local to you 🙂 Don't forget to subscribe 👍🎹

[@utube4andydent]

Try the Churches Conservation Teust. I’m sure they may have a home for the organ.

[@OrganicVisitations]

Thank you 👍🎹

[@utube4andydent]

Sorry about Typo. churches Conservation Trust. It’s not as well known as the National Trust but had over 300 churches in its care.

[@davidfernandosalcedo4534]

I can give it a good home to the organ just pass the contact

[@OrganicVisitations]

I think it has found a home now 👍🎹

[@bobbyhendley3084]

Get Richard to push this thru his “Beauty In Sound” channel. He has a huge international following. Personally I’d love to have it, and will have plenty of space (including height) within two months. But I’m afraid shipping all the way to Texas would be prohibitive. Any idea what that might be?

[@bobbyhendley3084]

My apologies - Richard McVeigh. I need to do a better job of proofreading my texts before I hit send. lol

[@OrganicVisitations]

Yes, Texas is quite a journey to make…but not impossible! Thanks for the tips and for watching 👍🎹

[@drphipshiolidge]

There’s a group called pipe up for pipe organs, they might be able to help

[@OrganicVisitations]

Never seen this before. Looks like a pretty new charity 👍🎹

[@drphipshiolidge]

@@OrganicVisitations I think it is

[@NathanLewis-1805]

What a super organ! I hope it finds a good home. What is the name of the hymn played at the start of the video? Thanks.

[@OrganicVisitations]

At the name of Jesus Tune: Camberwell 👍🎹

[@NathanLewis-1805]

@@OrganicVisitations Thank You! It was bugging me that I had forgotten! 😂

[@davidfernandosalcedo4534]

How can I get it

[@M_L_101]

Ya mind sending it all to New Mexico? Id love to put it in my shed Lol jk

[@stephandippon9973]

I gave the video-link to my organ-experts.

[@OrganicVisitations]

Thank you 👍🎹🎵

[@vonscorpio]

I wonder what it would cost to ship to the US…

[@OrganicVisitations]

No harm in finding out I suppose 👍😊🎹

[@HobbyOrganist]

Not as much as you think, a shipping container would be the way to go and you basically pay by size and weight. The container can range from $1,300 to $6,700 for 20 ft. and $1500 to $7000 for a 40 ft. Distance, type of transport, and volume will affect the final shipping cost.

[@LeapingDolphinMediaUnited]

We’d give it a home but we don’t have enough space…

[@OrganicVisitations]

Me neither 😞👍🎹

[@Benefius_]

Greetings to you! Good morning. How are you? Please, I would like to be in contact with you because our Cathedral Church is needing an pipe organ. The name of the Diocese is San Rafael, in Argentina. Thank you so much.

[@OrganicVisitations]

There is a contact email address in the video description 👍🎹🎶

[@brucealanwilson4121]

Isxthere an equivqlent to the Organ Clearing House over there?

[@OrganicVisitations]

I’m not sure to be honest 🤔 This organ came to my attention via Facebook 👍🎹

[@kentallyn2880]

Couldn't someone actually play the organ please 🙏

[@OrganicVisitations]

I did play it 👍🎹

[@palominomale]

Ohmygoodness! I learned that little toccata at 4:15 at university when minoring in organ studies! It has been years since playing it, have to give it another go. That organ would be a brilliant addition to a college's music department :-)

[@OrganicVisitations]

It’s a lovely set of pieces 👍🎹

[@timothysobina6777]

Very nice! And, this pipe organ was at the helm of many hymns over many years, embellishing the Faith of so many congregations. It would be very sad to destroy what has been divinely reliable for many years in this church setting. It's wonderful it's being offered free of charge. Praying this beautiful instrument will continue to be pleasing to many more congregations. ✝️🎹 🙏 🎹✝️