I’ve called attention here in the past to pipe organs of grandeur. Here’s one of more modest proportions and yet its story is compelling. A 500 pipe organ sits wrapped up and quiet in storage, waiting for the funds that will allow its refurbishment and placement in Seattle’s renovated Roosevelt High School. Restoring the organ is low on the priority list for the school district’s building committee. They see little educational benefit in spending money on an instrument few students will use. A separate group has begun to raise funds with an additional $90,789 needed by October. The organ, dedicated in 1940 as a memorial to the school’s first principal, is a custom job by Moller Organ Company and includes some “unique elements.” Seattle has another public school organ at Franklin High School.