1. Report to West Grove Presbyterian Church December 30, 2012

2.  Background
 Current pipe organ installed 1946
 $20,000 spent a few years ago
 Plan was to spend $60,000 refurbishing it
 Capital Campaign item to repair pipe organ
 Created a committee to discern moving forward
 Desire was to be good stewards of God’s money

3.  Committee Created
 Bud Arnold
 Joyce Flower
 Gail Hatton
 Bob & Jean Johnson
 Bill McLimans, Sr.
 Dot Parsons
 Jerry Schneider
 Tom Tindall

4.  Committee Process
 Desired to be good stewards of $60,o00
 Had lively debates around the issues not attacking
people
 Quorum was 5 of the 8
 Decision by 2/3 of the committee
 Met 5 times, heard Allen rep, Rodgers rep
 Visited church to hear a Rodgers organ
 Both Allen and Rodgers organs played for you

5.  Decided to use the following set of Priorities
for the decision on the organ (priority order)
 Sound Quality
 Annual upkeep costs
 MIDI sequencer
 Upfront cost
 Wow factor (pipe organ) “feel/rattle”
 Historical value

6.  Priorities Pipe Electronic
 Sound Quality Yes Yes
 Annual upkeep costs $920 $0
 MIDI sequencer None Yes
 Upfront cost $60,000 $46,750
 Wow factor (pipe organ) Yes Yes
 Historical value Yes None

7. Our unanimous recommendation is to NOT
repair the existing pipe organ, but to go with
the higher capability of the Allen electronic
organ with the MIDI sequencer.

8. Rationale:
Sound Quality is equal to the pipe organ
Annual upkeep costs are zero
MIDI has lots of capacity!
Overall cost is less
WOW factor is just as great as the pipe organ

9. THANK-YOU! What are your questions ????????????