News about the terrible fire at Weaver Organ and Piano Co.'s former plant rightly overshadowed the contributions past skilled musical instrument makers made to York County. But it's appropriate to ...

Who knows how many thousands of sturdy musical instruments emanated out of the growing complex of buildings that stood imposingly for 136 years at the intersection of Broad and Philadelphia streets in ...

THE tiny Chinese island of Gulangyu, a few minutes ferry ride from the Eastern port city of Xiamen, has long been known to music lovers for having the highest number of pianos per capita in China.

Imagine trying to sell cars never having driven one. Then imagine running the auto dealership for five decades, and still not driving. In a way, that’s Sonny Wittkopp’s career in a nutshell. Fifty ...

DERBY — It’s amazing what you can find on eBay. Take this for example: A 125-year-old organ made by the long-defunct Sterling Organ/Piano Co. And you can own this unusual piece of Derby history to the ...

WHEN recently in Paris I was shown—I believe at the pianoforte factory of M. Herz—a piano with appliances for producing prolonged sounds like those of an organ, which appeared to me to be based on ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse Hancock International Airport has two new features in its passenger terminal — a top-of-the-line, $200,000 concert piano and an $80,000 organ. And it’s looking for volunteers ...

Mary Anne Tupa has rarely skipped a beat in six decades of playing piano and organ during Sunday Mass at Grand Forks' Holy Family Catholic Church. The only time Tupa, 94, has taken a break from ...

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