Organ Appeal 

St Michael's is currently raising money to transplant a pipe organ from Clayesmore School, in Dorset. For detailed information on the organ and how to get involved in the appeal please click here.

It is a large five-division instrument, over three manuals and pedals, enlarged from a 1907 Bishop instrument (NPOR N07340). It was originally installed in St Judes, Birmingham before being moved to Clayesmore School. The specification of the instrument from Clayesmore is ideally suited to accompanying the wide range of music at St Michael's, especially the modern and romantic repertoire and psalms. As a recital instrument it will serve well covering the baroque period through French romantic to modern.  

This instrument is available to St Michael's right now and could be operational in a few months, how exciting that would be. Ideally we need to raise £50,000 to remove the instrument from the school, modify the layout, clean throughout, install at St Michael's and provide a new console. Nearly £10,000 has already been pledged.  

This is a wonderful opportunity, at extremely reasonable cost, to replace the aged electronic in St Michael's with a good pipe organ that would otherwise be scrapped. It is over forty years since St Michael's had a pipe organ and the two electronic instruments that have followed have both failed after comparatively short periods.

The selected pipe organ can be removed from its current location, brought to St Michael's, installed and given a whole new life for the sum of £40,000, and additional £10,000 would enable a new console to be provided which would prolong the overall life of the "transplanted" organ.

Please donate as much as you feel able and preferably by using "Gift Aid" as noted on the donation form which can be downloaded here.  Any donation, however small, would be greatly appreciated.

Some specific "sponsorship" opportunities are listed below; a list of sponsors will be displayed on the new instrument. 
      Fund a single pipe (there are c.2,500 in total) £10 per pipe   
      Fund a rank of pipes (single stop - Flute, Clarinet, etc) £500 per rank   
      Fund a division (Great, Swell, Choir/Solo) £10,000 per division   
      Buy the new console £10,000    

For more information please download the form above or contact: Dr Neil A Page, Director of Music   Orchard Way, Belle Vue Road, Exeter EX4 5BD, 01392 439181 / 07768 178671 neil@orchardway.net, or Dr Nigel Browne, Organist   Kenaden House, Bow, Crediton EX17 6EZ , 01363 881137 , nigel@browne1851.freeserve.co.uk