How to sell Church organ?

Mike McBride · Post by **Mike McBride** » 6 Feb 2005 1:08 pm

My church has a fancy organ & I am trying to figure out how to sell it. Anybody know a good outlet besides e-bay?

LARRY COLE · Post by **LARRY COLE** » 6 Feb 2005 1:31 pm

Good luck. I don't know of any church that has sold an organ. You can't even give them away. No one wants them anymore.

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Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 6 Feb 2005 1:48 pm

Pipe organ or electronic organ?
I know a buddy of mine just picked up a Hammond B2 (same as a B3 without percussion) from a guy who got it from a church. If it is a Hammond it may have some resale value -- esp if it's the right model. If it's a pipe organ, you may not even be able to GIVE IT AWAY. They are often built into the structure and may cost a fortune just to remove.

What kind of organ is it?

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Buddy Blackmon · Post by **Buddy Blackmon** » 6 Feb 2005 5:17 pm

Off-topic: You wouldn't happen to be the Mike McBride that played with Paycheck, would you? If so, hello dude! If not, I hope you at least sell the organ. BB

Post by **Joey Ace** » 6 Feb 2005 6:21 pm

Try http://www.keyboardtrader.com/ , Mike.

Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 6 Feb 2005 8:18 pm

I know the Baptist Courier has classified ads in the back, you could put an ad there.

Mike McBride · Post by **Mike McBride** » 6 Feb 2005 8:49 pm

I do not have any more information yet on what type it is. It has a locking lid like a roll top desk & I've never seen it it open in the 4 months I've been going there.

It is about 8 feet wide by 4 feet high by 4 feet deep. It took 8 guys to carry it when we replaced the carpet.

P.S.
I am not the guy that played with Paycheck.

Silvio Bello · Post by **Silvio Bello** » 6 Feb 2005 11:16 pm

Hi Mike...Still trying to figure out what you've got...Does it have 3 or 4 keyboards ?
Are there pipes in the wall ? How soon does it have to be moved ?
Thanx.
Silvio

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 7 Feb 2005 5:01 am

You may need to hire an organ donor.....

Ron ! · Post by **Ron !** » 7 Feb 2005 6:14 am

Mike if it looks like this one then I must tell you that these Organs go for a big price.

This one is on a local site and the seller wants over €6000 euro's.

And this one has a value of €4000 Euro

Ron

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Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 7 Feb 2005 9:45 am

If it is not a Hammond B3,C3,Rt3,A100 etc then it is virtually worthless. No one buys those church things like the Allen or Rogers etc. If it took you 8 people to move it then you have a dinosour on your hands. Hammonds do not have a roll top cover on them. Donate it to a Goodwill store and take the tax write off. Best of luck to you.

T. C. Furlong · Post by **T. C. Furlong** » 7 Feb 2005 12:43 pm

I have been working with a church designing a sound system and there is a man at the meetings who ia a representative of an organ company. He is working on integrating a used electronic organ that the church bought on the secondary market. You may want to do some research. The name of the company is THE BEAUTIFUL SOUND 6475 Joliet Rd, La Grange Highlands, IL 60525 - (708) 482-7100

Good luck.

TC

Mike McBride · Post by **Mike McBride** » 8 Feb 2005 10:29 am

Thanks for the input so far. We are still working on our plans for the thing.