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 basilicas ...

John Nordlie's musical artistry is unique in this era of music streaming and digital downloads. Part craftsman, part engineer, part dreamer, Nordlie has meticulously produced more than 50 pipe organs, ...

The organ — whether concert hall or church variety — has long shown signs of becoming an endangered species. Churches have been dumping their instruments for years, and for a while the organ became so ...

Few instruments in a church’s musical arsenal can compare to the pipe organ. Standing several stories tall and with a range just as massive, the organ is often called the king of all instruments. But ...

Few instruments stick around for 100 years, and fewer still warrant a celebration, but that’s precisely what’s happening Saturday night at Rifle United Methodist Presbyterian Church for its historic ...

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS (AP) -- For Vern Krech, it's like saying goodbye to an old friend. A lifelong member of Old Emanuel Lutheran Church in Inver Grove Heights, Krech, 67, is preparing to bid farewell ...

Though Mozart knew many significant instruments of the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria at the time, none would compare to the recently renovated Margaret L. Wendt Memorial Organ of Holy Trinity ...

Saved from the dump, a Nelson pipe organ from County Durham is now in a new home in East London More than 400 of the UK's church pipe organs are being junked or falling silent due to neglect every ...

Bill Klimas, a Reuter Organ employee, adjusts organ pipes March 31 at First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway. The church spent seven years repairing and updating its organ, and will be ...