'Parade' moves pipe organ parts

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ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 16 (UPI) -- Members of a New York state church said the congregation will use a "pipe organ parade" to carry its 1,200 organ pipes into the building.

Carlos Mercado, a longtime member and unofficial historian of the Christ Church in Rochester, said about 15 to 20 members of the church will participate in the "pipe organ parade," which will travel only a short distance from a truck to the church, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported Monday.

"We have a practical need. We've got to get 1,200 organ pipes into the church," Mercado said.

Mercado said the pipes are the final parts of a 1893 Hook & Hastings Romantic Organ shipped from Portland, Maine.

The organ will be used by the church and the Eastman School of Music, which purchased the instrument and expects to spend $250,000 to $300,000 restoring the organ.