[rodgersorganusers] Re: organ selection committee
- From: "Noel Heinze" <noel.heinze@xxxxxxx>
- To: <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 05:55:30 -0500
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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