The incumbent there was hired on after the purchase was made and he was very disappointed, and lamented to me what a pity it was.
while we would still like to add pipes at our church, we are looking at having to spend close to 10k to have hvac repositioned, and another substantial sum to have the loft reinforced with special support footings going down to the foundations (and all to only gain a 13’ cubed space). Our particular church was literally built with an analogue organ in mind (very small & shallow chambers at the front above the side altar niches, and a loft not built to hold any substantial weight), so realistically, since we can’t afford any loft space, the preferable option (if you can call it that) would be to pull a meinrad and put something behind the altar, or block a side altar entirely, which presents its own tremendous hurdles. We really are very stymied in what we can do without resorting to spending a large sum just to fix the building.Also, there may be a not too expensive way to alter your church space to accommodate pipework.
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