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Funds secured to restore 92-year-old organ

The music of Waitaki Boys’ High School Hall of Memories pipe organ will ring out again. The Waitaki Heritage Fund has granted $15,000 to restore...

Church full to hear renovated organplayed

A large crowd gathered yesterday to hear the organ ring out in a historic Port Chalmers church once again. Dunedin City Organist David Burchell...

Invercargill's grand St John's organ ready to be heard anew

Restoring pipe organs for 55 years and still going strong

South Canterbury company to restore 118-year-old piece of Auckland heritage

Parts of Invercargill church organ found in concert halls bombed in WWII

Pipes retrieved from bomb-destroyed buildings in England during World War II are now being used in an Invercargill church organ, known as The Blitz.

Sherpa trust work fills void left by 2011 Christchurch quake tragedy

JOHN BISSET/Stuff Marg Stocker says her work for the Forgotten Sherpa Nepal Trust has helped her cope with death of her husband, Neil, in the February 2011 Christchurch quake. The anniversary of the horrific Christchurch earthquake of February 22, 2011, has always been a traumatic day for Marg Stocker. The Temuka woman lost her husband Neil Stocker who died while removing a damaged organ from the Durham St Methodist Church when the 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck. February 22, her birthday, has remained a day of mixed emotions, with the tragedy never far from her mind. “I live with it every day. Over the years the rawness has softened, but it’s always there.

Hallelujah - Lord saves cathedral organ in delicate operation

Organists Association president and heritage enthusiast, Trevor Lord, said he spotted an opportunity to retrieve the cathedral’s Halmshaw pipe organ last week and co-ordinated the rescue effort. “It’s in an extremely restorable condition. The basic organ is quite intact and nothing has been mortally wounded,” said the businessman, who is an electrical engineer and owns a company providing services to the power industry. ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff Organ retrieval – A delicate salvage operation is underway to rescue the Christchurch Catholic Cathedral’s organ. Rain had been kept off the 10m high organ because the roof above it had remained whole, he said.