From Lexington-While it would seem to the layman that organs, even those in soaring Gothic-inspired churches more than 80 years old, might be fairly easy to remove and replace, that layman would be wrong.
Extremely wrong.
The removal of the organ at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 533 East Main Street, is an operation that requires a substantial work force and painstaking care, with each bit and tube carefully packed. The silver tubes, laid side by side, have a surprising heft and look a bit like mini-missiles.
While some pieces of the old organ will be used to build the new one, other pieces might be offered as part of a church fund-raiser.
The $1.4 million project to remove and replace the organ with a more powerful model will require some waiting on the part of the 750 Good Shepherd members. The new organ will be installed beginning in January, according to church organist and choirmaster John Linker.
Good Shepherd has raised $1.3 million of the total needed.
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http://www.kentucky.com/2012/06/13/2223125/good-shepherd-episcopal-church.html#storylink=cpy
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