To properly maintain such a behemoth would require a full time staff
of at least 4 organ technicians for which wages alone would be,
conservatively, $100,000 annually. A special tax should be
established, derived from casino revenues, to support what is truly
a civic monument.
--- In thejoyoforganplaying@yahoogroups.com, philupptjc
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Hello all I have just discovered that the great organ of the
Atlantic
> City Convention Hall is in need of a majoir work. I have a 1998
> recording of the great instrument and its awsome. Now the entirre
> organ is down due to careless workmen during a renovation progect
to
> the hall itself. There are bent,broken and thrown pipes inside the
> organ. Its in horrible shape i was sad to hear of it. Renovation of
> the organ will start in Janurary 2003. It will cost several
thousands
> of money to complete the entire instrument and i hope you could
send
> some contribution to the organ. I you are interested in doing that
go
> to www.acchos.org Thank you for reading this and lets help save the
> worlds largest pipe organ. Philip