Sarasota News Leader
January 17, 2014
Page 125
dynamic instruments in the country, includ- "That's when we knew we had a rescue
ing two on the instrument he will play here in operation on our hands," says Fischer. The
Sarasota," the release adds.
restored instrument debuted in 2001; today, it
According to Fischer, the organ at Grace Church is heard weekly, as part of worship services,
originally was installed in the Florida Theatre and monthly, as it is utilized for meetings and
in Jacksonville in 1927. An MTOS member dis- concerts presented by the Manasota Theatre
Organ Society, the release points out.
covered it in a Miami warehouse in 1996.
Jelani Eddington/Contributed photo
