A photo of the 'Golden Toned' organ, which is about 100 years old, was posted on the Everything Free JP Facebook page last week, telling people the large musical instrument had been placed on the curb on Weld Hill Street in Forest Hills on trash day.
One of those neighbors, Pam Jaques, who plays the organ herself, stopped by to see it, which still worked. She and Ken Hjulstrom, who lives in Roslindale and had also seen the Facebook post, moved the organ so it wouldn't get hauled off by garbage collectors."Pam was already there, and other people were coming and going, taking a look at the organ," Hjulstrom added."We soon figured out that the organ was actually functional and played well.
"Essentially, Ken and I were asking everyone who want by if they wanted the organ -- people on the sidewalk and people driving," Jaques said."And then this young woman came along and we asked her and she said, 'Oh, it's still there! I saw it this morning! I'll go ask my roommate.' She came back and said, 'Yeah, we'll take it!'"But then came the issue of getting the heavy organ off the curb.
Altogether, Hjulstrom said it took five people to move the organ down the street and up the front steps into its new owner's home.