The closure is temporary. Funding is in place to rectify the safety issues with the stage, work is due to start shortly and it is expected to re-open early 2019. Drainage issues are being resolved already, and that should minimise further deterioration. But there is a lot more that needs to be done, and funding for that is being sought.
My father was City Engineer for what was then Moorabbin Council when the organ was installed in the Town Hall, and I remember going in regularly on weekends to watch the installation. Fascinating to watch, even more to be in the roof where the small pipes, brass instruments, xylophones etc were, especially when they were being played. It was amazing to watch men climb up and straddle the top of the huge bass pipes to tune them. I attended quite a few concerts there, and it’s great to know the organ has been restored once again to its former glory.
The closure is temporary. Funding is in place to rectify the safety issues with the stage, work is due to start shortly and it is expected to re-open early 2019. Drainage issues are being resolved already, and that should minimise further deterioration. But there is a lot more that needs to be done, and funding for that is being sought.
My father was City Engineer for what was then Moorabbin Council when the organ was installed in the Town Hall, and I remember going in regularly on weekends to watch the installation. Fascinating to watch, even more to be in the roof where the small pipes, brass instruments, xylophones etc were, especially when they were being played. It was amazing to watch men climb up and straddle the top of the huge bass pipes to tune them. I attended quite a few concerts there, and it’s great to know the organ has been restored once again to its former glory.