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The craft and power of the pipe organ
A look at the history and craftsmanship behind pipe organs built by Henry Willis and Sons.
An electric organ takes samples of different pipe sounds, so what you’re playing is a recording.” Everything, from the keys, to the “wind box,” to the pipes, has to be in top-notch condition to create ...
Pipe organs are typically associated with churches and cathedrals. Their very size and complexity can render them intimidating. But one young organist, Cameron Carpenter, is reshaping the perception ...
The pipe organ stands as a bastion in concert halls and church sanctuaries, and even when not in use, it affects the acoustical environment around it. Researchers performed a sine-sweep through ...
The sound of an organ is triumphant when the "Wedding March" shakes a sanctuary, and whimsical from the bygone days of "pizza and pipes," and yet the chords of "A Whiter Shade of Pale" are somber and ...
BYU's Stunning New Pipe Organ Behind the Scenes Tour. Produced by BYU Video. If you haven’t experienced the pipe organ in the BYU Music Building yet, you’re in for a treat. With 4,613 pipes and 81 ...
A massive pipe organ occupies its fair share of the sanctuary wall at the forefront of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Brainerd. The large church acquired the organ in 1922. According ...
The pipe organ at Claremont United Church of Christ has few peers in Southern California. With 4,041 pipes and 54 stops, it’s a little sister to the world-renowned 6,125-pipe, 72-stop organ at Disney ...
The historic Temple Theater in Meridian hosts movies and live events for Lauderdale County and features a restored grand theater organ. We travel to Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church to talk with ...
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