The organ needs a thorough restoration

Last week our organ was inspected by an organ builder from Gdańsk, Mr Andrzej Sikorski. The survey we have received confirms what could be heard for several years: the 1878 instrument has reached the limit of what it can do.

The most serious problem is the condition of the bellows and the wind trunks — leaks cause the pressure to drop at full organ and the stops to go out of tune. More than a dozen pipes are mechanically damaged, and there is tin corrosion in three ranks. The wooden parts of the action have dried out. The whole instrument, in which dust has been accumulating for decades, also needs cleaning.

The cost of a full restoration has been provisionally estimated at 240 thousand złoty. The work can be divided into three stages spread over several years; the first, covering the bellows and the wind trunks, will cost about 70 thousand.

The Finance Council has decided that the chancel roof repair comes first, and that we will collect for the organ at the same time, without setting rigid deadlines. Offerings for this purpose can be placed in the box by the font marked “na organy” (for the organ), or made by bank transfer with the appropriate reference.