I noticed on the Fair Organ Preservation Society web site there is
a notice asking does anyone know the whereabouts of the Gavioli organ
that used to be at Elvaston Castle in Derbyshire.  The request was
based on info from the guy that put the organ into storage years ago.

Well, don't panic.  I was curious enough to have a 30-second hunt
and found it in under five seconds.  Under "Derbyshire County Council
Cabinet Member / Chief Officer Community Services 11th April 2006
Report of the Strategic Director - Cultural and Community Services ;
accreditation by Buxton Museum and Art Gallery", you can note the
following :

  "11.5 The most significant loans out include the Gavioli organ
   on loan to Crich Tramway Village".

So, mystery solved -- it's theoretically gone/going to the National
Tramway Museum on loan.  I don't know if it is really there, is on
display, is playing, is maintained or anything else about it.

If you want to know, why not phone the local council?  What's the
worst they could do?  Ask you to fill out an "open access" information
request form in triplicate, pay a fee and wait indefinitely for a
non-committal response.  Still, searching the Internet "information
super-highway" (as opposed to the a local government disinformation
sewer lo-way) for "Elvaston", "Castle", "Gavioli" and "Derbyshire",
instantly smashes bureaucracy and the Gavioli is found before you can
mutter "get me a Limonaire instead".

What is still apparently missing in Derbyshire is the common sense
not to waste taxpayers money on staff whose sole function is to create
gobbledygook document titles such as "Derbyshire County Council Cabinet
Member / Chief Officer Community Services 11th April 2006  Report of
the ...", blah blah blah, etc. etc., plus someone to type it, another
to print it, copy it, file it, scan it, upload it, assess it, monitor
it, discuss it, accredit it, co-ordinate a meeting about it, collate
it, re-evaluate it...

Common sense?  Oh well, "You can't miss what you never had", as they say.

Draw your own conclusions as to the cost and motives in Derbyshire of
running a bureaucracy purely to keep people employed.

Sincerely,
Adam Ramet
http://www.themodist.com/

 [ References:
 [ http://www.fops.org/gavilost.htm
 [ http://www.tramway.co.uk/
 [ https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/Images/content/DemocraticServices/Reports/2005.11.15%20Gavioli.pdf
 [ https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/Images/content/DemocraticServices/Reports/2005-11-15%20CCS%20MINS.pdf
 [ https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/Images/content/DemocraticServices/Reports/2006-04-11%20Accreditation%20BM&AG.pdf
 [ -- Robbie