Organ

the graffiti creature looks like he's picking his nose!

He looks like an alien.

*waves back to the one eyed guy* How ya doing, buddy?

what a beautiful shot. damnit graffiti and vandalism of any kind is such a beautiful place like this.

Wow, what a BIG, WOOD ORGAN! :D

Beautiful shot, even the graffiti looks nice (and I usually hate graffiti).

a once gorgeous musical instrument. Why did 'alien guys' eye fall out?

It was me. I poked his damn eye out for desecrating that beautiful instrument. >:-(

I'm thinking Dr Sketch is wishing they had an organ that big and wooden.

*ducks*

even thought the pipes are gone and there is graffiti on it, it is still a work of art

Actually, not all the pipes have been removed. Only the metal facade pipes are completely removed. You can see a number of remaining wooden ones, including some particularly big ones standing on the right.

I'm definitely with Lynne on this one. What's up with destroying that instrument?

That's English Oak for ya! Everything around it is falling apart, including the inards. But the wood remains timeless. The freize work between the spires is beautiful.

LOL I like the drawing of the alien. I'm not mad about graffiti but this is better than the usual nonsense squiggles.

While not a big fan of grafitti, I like the way he's peeking out from behind the corner.

I was a pretty wild kid and an even wilder adult until I had kids of my own, but I NEVER had the urge to tag a church organ, (or anything for that matter). What is the thought process involved there?

Frank-pgh, no thought process at all, that's the problem. It takes no thought to push a little button on a spray can.

This picture rules. The graffiti creature makes the organ look very cool.

Poor baby, the organ was left nearly nude.

I worked in this hospital when it was open and patients used to hide behind the organ. It was pretty hard getting them out!

my dad says:
people used to hide behind that organ and get stuck
ooh err

oh right, just read the comment before me
haha!

its me dad!
dad man!
:D

Jesus, that organ is in better condition than the one in my basement(even if it is a Hammond). Hell of a lot better looking, too.

It would be nice if that organ could be restored

sorry but i don't appreciate garffiti in this setting. In my opinion, like that even matters, graffiti has its place, and I appreiate in its place. This is not the place. Sorry, maybe I'm just to old fashoned, on maybe to old.HA!!!!

Nope, not too old. If I ever catch a tagger doing his/her thing on something historic, they're gonna become something historic.

Talk about ruining it for everyone else. Grrrrr.

Nevermore, I've agreed with you in the past but I don't agree with you now.

Where is Graffiti's place, exactly? And lets differentiate Graffitti from simple Tagging.

And Lorien, how has this old stripped of all monetary quality object been ruined for everyone else? It's an abandoned building that at the point in which this photograph was taken was being trespassed.

I've never really thought along these lines, but the demolition guy that commented that who are we protecting this stuff from, when the demo guys just go in and just flatten EVERYTHING when they're paid to, has some credibility.

Let's not fool ourselves, no historic society has put it's hand up for this pipe organ or this place to conserve it. And none of us would be more the wiser had Motts not posted a goddamn photo of it on the internet.

I know I'm out of sorts, just a little pissed off with some reality that's hitting me right now. And yeah, I accept that this comment will be deleted (like so many others).

Whatever.

Felyne,
I suppose I was being a bit crabby and purist. I've just seen so many places ruined by tagging/graffiti - to the point where you can't actually see any of the original surfaces; seems a shame.

Your logic is inarguable regarding the upcoming demolition of so many of these places; but how nice if we could all enjoy them, without the addition of (usually) childish paint-pissing.

Having said that, true graffiti art is another whole world, and one I obviously haven't reconciled with my love of UE. I'm a hypocrite, because some things I don't mind tagged, and some I do. Utterly subjective. No one said life was fair...lol.

On the other hand, I bet most, if not all here would be positively livid if someone tagged the Baron's Crypt; so I know I'm not entirely alone in this.

PS: To answer your question regarding graqffiti's 'placew' - I think modern surfaces devoid of historical or visual interest on their own merits are totally fair game. ;)

I agree with you in that if this were in the crypt it's simply destruction of property in my mind. I guess for me to agree with your view on it's place you'd have to clarify in who's opinion the areas are devoid of interest.

I relate tagging to my cat pissing on my couch to mark it (that's why I took him to the vet and had certain pieces of anatomy removed -- hell hath no fury like a woman scorned).

I live in a not-inexpensive 'secure' apartment complex in SD, and over the weekend someone has tagged the fire extinquisher outside my door. I'm like... WTF?

Graffitti in my mind is someone making a picture as an expression. Tagging is... delusional projections from an incoherent mind. Maybe all it is, is a breakdown in communication.

I run a small firm of church organ builders & am willing to buy & restore this organ despite the vandalism. Someone please put me in touch with the owners.

richard.shireby@virgin.met

I have the certificate for this organ that tells yous all the dats its been serviced *nods*
wo also found a bag inside the organ that read "£1000 silver" but when i opened it there was a dead rat. its stunk!

I heard the organ play a couple of times, smetimes a patient played, other times a visiting participant in the service would play. I can't recall that the chaplain played. anyway, it had a nice sound to it, especially when it echoed through the chapel.

I like how the arch and the Organ look so new except for the Grafitti

I really HATE PEOPLE that do Grafitti. Only if they had more respect for these place's. Every place has so much priceless $. It's a shame to see Grafitti. But it is such a nice pic. U do such a good job takeing all your pic's.

The little guy kind of reminds me of something Alex Pardee would do. :o