{"id":57981,"date":"2021-10-25T13:50:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T18:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=57981"},"modified":"2021-10-28T12:38:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T17:38:23","slug":"my-organ-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/25\/my-organ-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"My Organ is Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was at rehearsal the other night (yes, in this post-apocalyptic world we dared to bravely attempt such a mundane thing as \u201crehearsal\u201d). \u00a0Upon arrival, I heard four words that no organist wants to hear:\u00a0 \u201cThe organ is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Every member of our little choir stopped and turned, with faces of shock, at our director who\u2019d just released this bombshell.\u00a0 I felt my whole being start to sink into the highly polished non-slip floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDead?\u201d we repeated, slowly.\u00a0 Dead, indeed\u2014and be assured I don\u2019t mean anything metaphorical, like \u201corgan music is so pass\u00e9\u201d or \u201cpeople think the organ is \u2018too loud\u2019 [whatever that means].\u201d\u00a0 We mean \u201cdead\u201d as in \u201cinner electronic guts of said instrument are fried to a quite literal crisp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In all seriousness, our church really did suffer a pretty serious lightning strike.\u00a0 In a series of early<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/am22.mediaite.com\/tv\/cnt\/uploads\/2018\/08\/idan-gil-614107-unsplash-568x377.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor Says Hand Of God Was On Him After Being Struck By Lightning At Church | Ambo TV\" width=\"241\" height=\"160\" \/> autumn storms that ripped through central Indiana, a single bolt struck some point in the church.\u00a0 The resulting blast shot such a powerful electric current through the building that almost anything electronic\u2014even things that were not plugged in!\u2014were shocked out of existence.<\/p>\n<p>My organ has caught <a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/19\/my-organ-caught-on-fire\/\">on fire<\/a> before.\u00a0 But it didn\u2019t survive this act of God.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge for our little parish, of course, is how to replace an instrument of this cost.\u00a0 Even an electronic organ, installed c. 1993, has quadrupled in price, according to our most recent estimate on replacement.\u00a0 This organ doesn\u2019t even have pipes\u2026and yet replacing it now tops $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>Now, don\u2019t worry about us\u2014I know we\u2019re resilient, and that we\u2019re committed to replacing our <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/83\/f5\/ac\/83f5ac65a37c41592b6a4bff929874e1.jpg\" alt=\"mysterium fascinans photo - abandonedamerica.us | Abandoned churches, Old abandoned buildings, Abandoned places\" width=\"202\" height=\"224\" \/>instrument.\u00a0 But\u2026what about all the places that can\u2019t?\u00a0 Or couldn\u2019t?\u00a0 Or wouldn\u2019t?\u00a0 Isn\u2019t this the story of the slow, creeping reality of lonely, broken organs, abandoned in choir lofts that are roped off-limits?\u00a0 Isn\u2019t this the dangerous invitation to find a cheaper option\u2026not even a piano (let alone a grand), but a keyboard that plays \u201corgan-like\u201d sounds?<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, I don\u2019t think the \u201cfault\u201d of this cost-benefit challenge of music in the Catholic church<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yCbF6IAy210\/XVnJjoGLz6I\/AAAAAAAAId0\/K_PXDqNaWvwpKhC-tLXhnVrKChRmysH9gCLcBGAs\/s1600\/Kawai%2BMP11%2Bat%2BMIM_1280x960%2B-%2BCopy.jpg\" alt=\"Church Digital Pianos - REVIEW | Top 10 for 2021 | LOWER PRICE\" width=\"294\" height=\"217\" \/> lies in the organ builders.\u00a0 The computerized possibilities in 1993 pale to what they are at present\u2014which is surely a significant factor in cost.\u00a0 Aside from this, fairly compensated labor is costly, and prices of materials are certainly higher than they were 30 years ago\u2014an issue exacerbated further by pandemic-impacted production limits.<\/p>\n<p>But, in all the time we\u2019ve had since the Second Vatican Council (let alone Pius X\u2019s call for\u00a0invigorated sacred music more than 100 years ago), Catholics just don\u2019t seem to be able to invest regularly, or robustly, in their music programs.\u00a0 Or their instruments.\u00a0 A broken or poorly cared for organ is a slippery slope into silence, absence, and the neglect of a vital carrier of our liturgical\u00a0and aesthetic tradition within Western Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>At my little south-side parish, I think we\u2019ll be able to scrape together the cash to replace our Allen\u2014or maybe sweet-talk our insurance company into working with us on our claim.\u00a0 But it brings me pause\u2026as I play all my hymns on the piano for the coming months: this is how\u2026the organ died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My organ has caught on fire before.\u00a0 But it didn\u2019t survive this act of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":57982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3119,20],"tags":[3382,2943],"class_list":["post-57981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-plaza-new-ws","category-music-general","tag-church-music","tag-organ"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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