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Guidance for Organs

In association with the Church Buildings Council, the Institute of British Organ Building (IBO) has produced guidance for parishes on redundant pipe organs. This includes advice on the disposal, advertising and acquisition of redundant organs.

The guidance leaflet is also available from the Churchcare website  http:// www.churchcare.co.uk and from the IBO website http://www.ibo.co.uk), which also contains a database of organs currently available for relocation.

Another useful recent addition to the Churchcare website is a set of 23 Funding Guides Developed by a Good Practice Group established by the National Stewardship Committee of the Church of England.

The Guides aim to cover all stages of a funding appeal, from initial planning to the evaluation afterwards, and include guidance on funding sources,applications, budgeting, business plans, Gift Aid and fundraising events. The Guides are available from Churchcare as well as the Parish Resources website http://www.parishresources.org.uk

British Institute of Organ Studies articles:

Care of pipe historic pipe organs:

http://www.duresme.org.uk/BIOS/biosdadv.htm

Grants for historic pipe organs:

http://www.duresme.org.uk/BIOS/biosgran.htm

British Institute of Organ Studies web link:

Re. redundant historic organs:

http://www.duresme.org.uk/BIOS/redundant.htm

Institute of  British Organbuilding articles:

Organs and heating:

http://www.ibo.co.uk/IBO2005/publications/infoSheet/downloads/Church%20Heating%20and%20the%20Pipe%20Organ.pdf

Acoustics and church music:

http://www.ibo.co.uk/IBO2005/publications/infoSheet/downloads/Acoustics%20and%20Church%20Music.pdf

Organs and VAT:

http://www.ibo.co.uk/IBO2005/publications/infoSheet/downloads/VAT%20Guidelines%20(Second%20Edition%202006).pdf

Redundant organs (acquiring a second hand organ, or re-locating a redundant organ):

http://www.ibo.co.uk/IBO2005/publications/infoSheet/downloads/Redundant%20Organs.pdf

Institute of  British Organbuilding web links:

Re. fundraising:

http://www.ibo.co.uk/IBO2005/services/fundingHelp.htm

Re. redundant organs – accessing and adding to directory of second hand organs:

http://www.ibo.co.uk/IBO2005/services/redundant/redundantMain.asp

Churchcare information (Council for Care of Churches)

General funding weblink (includes information about funding bodies) :

http://www.churchcare.co.uk/funding.php

CCC grants for organs:

http://www.churchcare.co.uk/funding.php?IB

Organ grants:

http://www.churchcare.co.uk/funding.php?II

Guide to parishes considering future of organ:

http://www.churchcare.co.uk/contents.php?DL

Useful books:

Historic Organ Conservation by Dominic Gwynn ISBN: 0 71517592 0

Sounds Good: A Guide to Church Organs, for Incumbents, Churchwardens and PCCs by John Norman and Jim Berrow
ISBN: 0 7151 7594 7