The next step in this organ project is moving Opus408D from storage in New England to the Casavant Bros. shop in Saint-Hycinthe, Quebec, Canada.
I've heard from John Bishop that the components would fill 3 53' semi trailers. That's not how it's been moved in the past due to limitations of truck use in lower Manhattan and limitations getting into the organ shop in New Hampshire where part of the organ is stored.
To get the organ out of Trinity Wall Street's storage space in lower Manhattan the Organ Clearing House crew had to use box trucks, work during the overnight hours and I believe it took about 4 days.
A committee from Casavant will travel to the current storage sites after Easter to determine how this will be done. I (Randy Elkins) will go to represent Johns Creek UMC. I have been told to go prepared for mud...lots of mud. We will look at everything, take pictures and videos and then a plan will be made.
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| Organ Clearing House workshop in New Hampshire. The driveway is dirt/mud. |
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| Parts of the organ stored in a self-storage unit in Maine. |
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| Pipes stored in trays on the left in New Hampshire. I believe the tall pipes are new ones from another project that was in the shop when I visited. |
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| The markings that will help Casavant know which parts belong to Opus 408D. Notice this was from an earlier time, when it was just 408A. |
