Hoisting a metal pipe the size of a small sapling trunk, Jack Bethards blew into one end like Gabriel sounding his trumpet, then frowned. "Hear that little scraping sound?" he said. "We need to do ...

In this busy Lenten season, First Presbyterian Church is back to offer a midweek respite with its annual Lenten Organ Series. The downtown church will host two performances starting Thursday ...

WALLACE COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) – Preserving the past for future generations. That’s the goal of a special exhibit at the Fort Wallace Museum in Wallace, Kansas. The Rhea Antique Pump Organ Collection ...

For nearly five years Martin Pasi has been enveloped in the art and craft of creating his Opus XIX, the new organ at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. With a team of five metal and wood workers, ...

Hector Berlioz once remarked that the orchestra may be the king of music, but that the organ is the pope. In the past 200 years, since the death of Bach (1685-1750), the king has reigned supreme.

A look at the history and craftsmanship behind pipe organs built by Henry Willis and Sons.

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The first mechanical pipe organ, a water-driven monster called a hydraulus, so awed the ancients that they enshrined it in a temple of Venus. A 5th century organ at Jerusalem thundered forth such a ...

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