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Scholars date the first one back to hydraulic systems in Ancient Greece; it’s speculated that European churches adopted them a thousand years later to wake dozing attendants. The pipe organ is ...
the pipe organs are older than Philadelphia, even older than the United States, and are making sounds heard a half millennium ago. How they got here is particularly remarkable since ancient organs ...
The pipe organ dates back to ancient Greece, and its industrial-scale evolution came long before the Industrial Revolution. MICHAEL BARONE, Host, "Pipedreams": In its earliest incarnations ...
What do Carmex lip balm and the world's largest theater organ have in common? Both are stored inside a Franklin-based building. This is a "you gotta see it to believe" kind of story. Paul Woelbing ...
In the ancient and specialized world of pipe organs, digital augmentation has come into wide use. In fact, a similar system is already in place at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Augustine.
Organist Anna Lapwood presents a beginner’s guide to the organ – from stops, pedals and manuals to pipes and wind chests. We meet the brilliant organist Anna Lapwood at St John’s Smith Square, home to ...