¨ Dominion — Donated by Garth and Mark Stephenson.  It is the organ they learned on.                                             

¨ Hamilton — Bought from the estate of Marjorie Beavis of the Central Baptist Church in Palmerston North.             (See Photo)          

¨ Cornish Co. — Bought from Kevin Couling of Shannon.  It was originally in the Shannon Anglican Church and later moved to the Mangahao Lodge 231.  Milton Pedley of Tokomaru was the organist.  About 1983 it went to Kevin and his father, where it sat until about 1999 in storage.  Kevin then beautifully restored the cabinet.  (See Photo)

¨ Bell — Bought from a man in Napier who had it stored in his garage, in a damaged and untidy condition.  (It had fallen off a trailer.)

¨ Christophe — Bought from Chris Orczy of Christchurch.  This is another large Harmonium very like the Alexandre Pere above.

¨ Bilhorn — Bought from Chris Orczy of Christchurch.  These neat little folding organs were invented by the Bilhorn brothers, who were singing evangelists for D. L. Moody.  They invented and manufactured these portable organs so that anyone from street preachers to missionaries could take the music of the gospel, along with the message of the gospel, to every corner of the earth.

¨ Chicago Cottage Organ — Bought from Chris Orczy of Christchurch.  (See Photo)

¨ Estey — Bought from Malcolm Weir of Christchurch.  He had had it in his shed for about 20 years — dusty, but worked well.

¨ Estey Artist’s Model Organ — Bought from Malcolm Weir of Christchurch.  It, too, had been in his shed for 20 years.  Works well. 

¨ John Malcolm — Bought from Malcolm Weir of Christchurch.  (See Photo)

¨ Sherlock Manning — Bought from Malcolm Weir of Christchurch.  It had been in his shed for years as well.  A note in the back of the organ says: “Bought for the Conen Lodge, July 1973”.

¨ John Holt — 1925.  Bought from Brian Collett of Palmerston North – a retired high school teacher from Shannon.  This is another Giant with 2-manuals and a full pedal-board.  He had it for 26 years and only parted with it because he has Parkinson’s and couldn’t play it any more.  It had been converted to be powered by an electric blower, but the blower is now very old and worn.  In the Museum we have reverted to the original pump handle.  Visitors to the Museum can experience what it used to be like before the days of electricity!  Good exercise!  (See Photo)

¨ Bell — Bought from Margaret Stewart of Palmerston North.  This organ was bought for her by her daughter, who thought that a living room should have an organ in it.  After a number of years of sitting idle (because Mrs. Stewart could not play it) she learned about our Organ Museum from a friend, who then got in touch with us.  It is in quite nice condition.    (See Photo)

¨ Bell — Bought from Malcolm Weir of Christchurch, who bought it for us from an auction.

¨ Mason & Hamlin — Bought from the Sefton St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church.  It had been donated to the church by Margaret Turnbull, who died in Jan. 2002.  She and her husband had no children, so it is in very tidy condition and plays very nicely.           (See Photo)

¨ Liebig — This large German organ was bought from ACE Traders, a second-hand shop in Palmerston North.  They had had the cabinet refinished.  (See Photo)

¨ Bell — Bought from Leanne Rolf in Fielding, this large 2-manual, full-pedal, double-action organ is a real beauty.  It can be pedaled by foot, or by a handle in the side, or by a blower.  Leanne’s mother bought it from a second-hand dealer, who said he got it from a church in Eketahuna.  Leanne sold it because they moved house and the new house didn’t have room for it.  So it spent three years in their garage before we got it.  (See Photo)

¨ Estey Artists’ Model — This lovely organ is in very good condition except all the stop labels were missing.  We have made temporary replacements.  We bought it from Ian Rowbothan at Mangamaire, near Pahiatua.