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Historic organ saved from possible destruction

The organ was built in 1911

Efforts to find a new home for a highly regarded Morgan pipe-organ, at Station Road Methodist Church in Port Erin, have been successful.

The organ faced possible destruction due to the church congregation moving to a smaller premises but a Polish organ builder, Waldemar Olszewski, will travel to the Island in July to remove the instrument and relocate it to a church in Poland.

The organ, which was built in 1911, is one of the last to be built by Douglas organ-builder Moses Morgan.

Peter Jones, a Manx man that has worked with the organ, says he's happy it's been saved:

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