Hello everyone and I hope someone can help and give me some guidance. My Grandmother's L-133 was her pride and joy. This was my Mother's Mother and according to her, Grandma used to play it all the time. Unfortunately, she passed away at a fairly young age. I think I was 5 at the time and so that is why I don't remember but my mom said that my Grandmother and I were "very close". She did not have many "prized possessions" but she considered her diamond wedding ring and her organ to be her only two possissions of value. When she passed away she left both the ring and the organ to me. Now I was only 5 at the time so my mother natually kept them for me but did not give them to me until I was 30. I natually had a great use for Grandma's antique wedding ring, it now resides on my wife's finger! But the organ was something I never gave much thought to except as something that had to be moved from one place to the other and "stored" in the garage. I kind of considered it a nuisance but knew that I could never get rid of it because my mother would kill me. My mother had a very hard time handling Grandma passing and the fact that she left both her prized possisions to me. I should point out that I am adopted as well. </P>
I am a bit older now, 43, and have been racking my brain about what to do with this organ. I tried to donate it to a chuch but could not find any takers. I have been thinking lately to see about having it restored. It has not worked for at least 20 yrs. The front legs are still attached but cracked and in need of repair. Overall it needs some tender loving care that's for sure. I don't really consider myself a very handy person and was wondering if it would be possible to find someone to repair and restore this piece of our family history. I would very much like to give it back to my mother if this could be done. My understanding is that the L-133 is not as desirable and that it does not fetch very much on the open market and therefore my not be "worth it" to repair and restore but it does have family significance. To be able to present the organ to my mom would mean a lot to her. </P>
I am in North Richland Hills, TX which is part of the Dallas and Fort Worth area. It would be great to find someone local that I could bring this to and possibly even work with so I could learn a bit more about this instrument. But I could possibly have it shipped somewhere. Anyone have any advice? I have digital pictures of the organ but could not figure out how to post them. </P>
Thanks for reading!</P>
Jon</P>
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