Other than church, the pipe organ is often perceived as belonging in horror movies. But there’s more to the instrument that spans most musical genres.

Researcher Ashley Snow from the University of Washington sought to understand what effects the world's largest class of musical instrument has on the acoustics of concert halls that house them.

Wurlitzer pipe organ: Historic instrument sounds again in UK cinema after 55-year absence. ... allowing 21st-century audiences to step back in time to an era when all cinema music was played live.

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Unlike most musical instruments, the pipe organ is commonly defined by the place where it's often played: church. And people seem to think of organists as reclusive creatures in the lofts of ...