[rodgersorganusers] Re: organ selection committee

Ronnie, talk to your Rodgers dealer.  They should have fundraising
suggestions.  Talk to other churches, organists, the AGO...how did they do
it?

Do some math...if you need to raise $100,000, you need $100 from 1000
people/families.  Or $1000 from 100 people/families.  Or etc.

How many stops on the new organ?  Let's say 75..."sell" them at $500 each.
How many keys and pedals?  It's a three manual, so let's say 3X61=183 plus
32 pedals = 215..."sell" them for $250 each.   How many sounds and pitches?
215 keys X 75 stops = over 16,000..."sell" them for $5 each.  Put out the
word...the new console is "for sale" at $X for major donors, ditto the
speaker system, etc.  Get a local artist to develop charts, banners, photo
montages of stops and keys with donor's names inscribed on them instead of
Flute 8'.  I went through this once to raise money for a pipe organ
restoration/maintenance fund...one person was fascinated by the crescendo
pedal...I "sold" it to her...I asked her how much she thought it was
worth...she gave it some thought and came up with $1000...I said "Make it
$1500 and ya got a deal."  Done.

At the risk of biting the hand that might like to feed you, I would NOT go
looking for a major donor to underwrite the whole thing...the entire
congregation needs to get in bed with this, feel ownership, participate in
this communion.  If you have such a would-be benefactor, you might suggest a
matching grant program where they give $1 (or more) for every $1 contributed
by the rest of the people.

If some people feel the money should better be spent on other things, like
outreach, make it a tithing situation...X% of every dollar raised goes to
_________ (fill in the blank).

Excelsior!

Noel Heinze, Asheville, NC
St. Giles Chapel, Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community
Rodgers 835B and PR300S


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