Organ Update

Work is underway on the restoration of our church’s pipe organ! Parsons is currently building the new bellows for the organ at their shop in Canandaigua. They are planning to return to the church on June 14 to remove the pipes and inner workings of the instrument for restoration and cleaning. Their goal is to complete the project by early September.

As a reminder, the total cost of the renovation is approximately $90,000. The church paid an initial down payment of $9,000 to authorize the project. In April, we paid $36,000 to begin the project. An additional $36,000 will be due this summer. The final $9,000 will be due when the project is complete.
 

As of mid-May, there is currently $33,000 in the organ fund, with approximately $10,000 pledged funds still to be received by June 30. This leaves approximately $2,000 remaining to fund the final $45,000 due. Note: Additional funds received will go to the church’s tithe fund up to $9,000; any funds received above that amount will pay the church back for its $9,000 initial down payment.
 

Looking ahead:
 

Parsons has invited anyone interested to tour their facility in Canandaigua while they are working on our instrument. We hope to organize this trip in late June/early July. Our goal is to carpool and stop for lunch either before or after the tour. Please call (585-590-0129) or email (snell.alden@gmail.com) Alden Snell if you are interested.

When the project is complete, we will have a dedication recital featuring doctoral students from the Eastman School of Music. The chair of the organ department is willing to put our church on their rotation of community performances, so we hope that this may become an annual event! We are also working with E&M and Door of Hope to schedule some additional musical events in the sanctuary.
 

We thank the church for their continued support of this project.
 

Organ Restoration Team (Fred Ely, Tom Jones, Alden Snell, & Rob Willhoft)