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About
the Church Organ Appeal
- A
brief history on the Organ
The
organ in Holy Trinity in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal,
was built in 1869 in London, for an Englishman,
by a German, August Gern, in French
Romantic Style!
Twenty years later it was brought
to Madeira by Dr. M.C. Grabham, renowned surgeon
and botanist, and installed in his home, Quinta
do Val Formosa.
Dr. Grabham, an accomplished musician, died in 1935.
The organ was given by his family to the English
Church, where it has been an integral part of worship
since November 1936.
The English Church is the custodian of this fine
example of the complexity of European musical culture.
What
needs to be done? 
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