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 ...

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 ...

Pity the poor pipe organ. The behemoth instruments are often thought of as fusty relics of classical music — heard only in churches, vintage horror movies and increasingly fewer baseball stadiums. But ...