More than two years after a fire damaged its sanctuary, First Evangelical Lutheran Church entered the final chapter of its rebuilding last week as installation of a new pipe organ got underway. A ...

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, ...

WESTPORT -- On March 7, 1965 -- while civil rights protesters were first marching from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. -- organist Virgil Fox traveled from New York City to Westport to play the inaugural ...

When people see the new four-story organ at First Community Church’s North Campus, they often think that the pipes they see are solely responsible for making the instrument’s rich sound. But Dominik ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Trinity’s organ was severely damaged in the Sept. 11 attacks. At last, its replacement has been unveiled. Hear the sound of its 8,041 pipes. Trinity’s organ was severely damaged ...