The organ — whether concert hall or church variety — has long shown signs of becoming an endangered species. Churches have been dumping their instruments for years, and for a while the organ became so ...
John Nordlie's musical artistry is unique in this era of music streaming and digital downloads. Part craftsman, part engineer, part dreamer, Nordlie has meticulously produced more than 50 pipe organs, ...
In just ten years, the Walt Disney Concert Hall has become one of the most recognizable landmarks in L.A., but the Frank Gehry designed venue doesn’t just look good. The concert hall’s organ (which we ...
The organ was smuggled from Paris to London in 1904 to save it from government seizure.
Hidden in an old converted warehouse in the West Seventh neighborhood of St. Paul is a pipe organ looking for a good home. It has about 900 pipes, a case made of American walnut, an African zebrawood ...
Oct. 2—Thousands of parts ranging from minuscule to enormous comprise the workings of the resplendent pipe organ inside the Scottish Rite Cathedral, and Robert Copeland is meticulously cleaning, ...
If you’ve attended a church service in Northeast Ohio, chances are you’ve heard a Schantz Organ. The Orrville company that makes pipe organs is marking 145 years in business and is now under its ...
The 14-metre (45ft) Britton Organ, built in 1956, has been fully restored to the Bristol Beacon's main hall, ready for Grade ...
When it comes to Halloween sounds, there is one classic instrument that can make your hairs stand on end — the organ. Its sound is inherently haunting and has been incorporated into the horror ethos ...
A computerized organ that launched the digital music revolution, made by Allen Organ Co., is headed to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The Digital Computer Organ, made in 1971, was the ...
Inside the darkened auditorium of the Troxy in Stepney, east London, it sounds as though an orchestra is in full swing. But the tremendous noise, which seems to be emanating from the very walls of the ...