The organ arrived from Utah on a warm August morning. Greeted by holy water, incense and slide whistles, it came in a 53-foot ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A massive pipe organ that underscored the drama and comedy of silent movies with live music in Detroit's ornate Hollywood Theatre nearly a century ago was dismantled into thousands ...

Church archives are usually thought of as records of baptisms, marriages and burials stretching back centuries. But many ...

Installing a 15-ton pipe organ into a new space is like tailoring a suit, says organ builder Alex Ross. “We show up with a suit that has too much material and then we decide what to remove to get ...

Known for its massive outdoor pipe organ and century of free concerts, even longtime San Diegans might be surprised by the ...

An electric organ takes samples of different pipe sounds, so what you’re playing is a recording.” Everything, from the keys, to the “wind box,” to the pipes, has to be in top-notch condition to create ...

DAVENPORT -- The idea of installing a new pipe organ at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Davenport sounded like nothing but a pipe dream to church music minister/director Ellen Bowlin. It became a ...

The organ is a surprising feature of a home for sale in Grand Rapids, Mich. — -- If you are in the market for a small home on an old city street with a 2,300-piece pipe organ hidden inside, then ...

GLOUCESTER — The purpose of a pipe organ is to make sound at its most majestic. It’s the mighty fortress of music. How mighty? Two of the organs featured in “Breath of Life — C.B. Fisk, Designers & ...