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 ...

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.

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WALLACE COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) – Preserving the ...

A major gift to Hope College will add organ music to the variety of concerts audiences will be able to enjoy in the new Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts. David P. Roossien of Holland has ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEXICO CITY (AP) — After six decades of ...

World-renowned organist Christoph Bull, known as "the rock star of the organ world," will present a concert on Friday at the Olive Drive campus of Valley Baptist Church. His concert will feature music ...

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — After six decades of devotion to the organ, Maestro Leo Krämer treats the instrument like an extension of himself. He doesn’t even need to lay hands on it to hear in his mind how a ...