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Needs an organ transplant . . . . . =8-o
Lynne
Fri 12-15-2006
Wow, how sad! All the work that went into making that organ, and this is what remains!
Janice
Fri 12-15-2006
HAHAHA, Lynne, u crack me up!!

It's really, very sad to see that picture though. To think of how beautiful it once was....
Chrissie
Fri 12-15-2006
Organs were not easily made back then to they did not stamp the pipes they actualy had to form each one. I heard this on the TV show dirty jobs lol. He had to clean out the dust from organ pipes.
Tom
Fri 12-15-2006
that is what happens when you play with your organ too much
Joe
Sat 12-16-2006
Lynne, you give me a stitch in my side =)
GirlJaye
Sat 12-16-2006
im sure beautiful music was once played on this gorgous peice of peranment history ♥♥♥
from under your bed
Mon 12-18-2006
All I here when I see this picture is the song..
"Oh Holy Night"
I guess I'm just hearing the season and that my church closed and the organ was moved to another parish!!!
rachel
Mon 12-25-2006
There's probably some museum somewhere that would love to have this organ in their collection. I'd love to see it restored.
Vee
Tue 12-26-2006
It's a shame they left it deteriorate this far.
Nance
Sat 01-06-2007
Lynne you made my milk come out my nose!
Felyne
Tue 01-09-2007
I love photos of abandoned pianos and the like.
Amy
Sat 03-24-2007
the hospitals former physitherapist was a guy called ken fanner, he was a brilliant physio, and for the record, completely blind since birth. he was also a renouned church organist, and even built organs and refurbished them, despite his blindness. in his house in the grounds, the entire downstairs main room was filled with a huge church organ that he had built from parts. i was told by one of his staff that he was regarded as being one of the top organ players and experts in the whole world. he retired to a house near st ives in cornwall some years before the place shut. a remarkable man, who would weep if he knew of this organs state.
johnr
Fri 06-08-2007
thats beautiful
i love it.
ashley
Sat 07-14-2007
nothing lasts forever , I suppose..................
Guitorman
Fri 03-07-2008
It lloks like a pipe organ, now. See the pipes? ;-)
Jack_
Thu 08-07-2008
What piece did you play? Mozart or Betoven?
Midnight Sakura
Sat 09-20-2008
the pedalboard has definitely fared the best....looks like it could still render the Middelshulte 'Perpetual Motion for Pedals Alone'
AGC
Sun 09-28-2008
It is shocking that the NHS have allowed for this to happen - contents should have been sold on, buildings maintained etc. The NHS should have maintained these buildings - after all they will be still standing when a modern building is crumpling.
Michelle
Tue 10-28-2008
it is sad i would of loved to see it when it was made..but i do like the pic
amandur
Tue 03-10-2009
i saw that one tom all ways in joed that show.
swamp thing fla
Sat 03-28-2009
It was an amazing building and a wonderful sound came from that organ and th physiotherapist was a realy nice man
June
Mon 05-04-2009
lmao @ Lynne :)
BCMama
Thu 09-03-2009
My father (who worked in the hospital kitchens) was the chapel organist throughout the 1970s and 1980s. I wonder if he was the last to play it?
Greg
Sat 09-05-2009
Lynne, that is hilarious! :) Such a shame, though.
Kathy W.
Sat 11-07-2009

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