As the part time organist for a 112 year old church
that spent over ten years raising 35,000 to rebuild
our pipe organ, I sympathize deeply. Ours was
installed in 1924, and we love it a lot. Too bad the
other church only had cash in mind.
John
--- Thomas Jordan <tomj33 at msn.com> wrote:
> Ray,
> I would have to agree.
>
> Not phonograph related, but a good example...
>
> There was a very old church here in Des Moines that
> was set for the wrecking ball.
>
> They had a beautiful old pipe organ that a number of
> people were willing to buy "intact". They wanted to
> have it built into existing and ongoing Churches to
> be enjoyed for future generations.
>
> The parishioners that owned the building were only
> interested in money and apparently, had no interest
> in preserving history. The ranks of pipes were sold
> off separately, for more than the organ intact would
> have brought. The rest of the organ was bulldozed
> with the building. I was sick...
>
> That beautiful old instrument is now lost forever.
> Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ray Wilenzick
> To: Phono-l at oldcrank.com
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 8:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] AZ to MI for Stanton
> auction - anyone?
>
>
> I would have to disagree with your preference on
> this. I think machines
> should be sold at auction as complete as possible,
> and that includes
> original horns and reproducers. If the original
> horn is not available, then
> another of the same type as originally used should
> be included. Of course
> they may bring more money this way, but the
> seller, who has preserved it in
> the complete state, is entitled to a fair market
> value. Nothing irritates
> me more than to see a phono sold without a
> reproducer, for example, and then
> to see the reproducer sold separately later.
> Actually, such a procedure may
> bring in more money to the auctioneer than selling
> the machine intact. The
> auctioneer has the obligation to match up
> machines, reproducers, cranks, and
> horns, using an expert to help them if necessary.
> That's just my opinion.
> Ray
>
> Phil writes:
>
> > I'm not from AZ. I was going to attend until I
> > discovered all the machines are being sold with
> big
> > horns. I hate when they do that, they go for too
> much.
> > I like to buy everything seperately. >
> > Phil
> >
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