The pipe organ. No harmonica, now is it? It can be as big as a bus, a building, and produce a massive sound. (SOUNDBITE OF FRANK MARTIN'S "PRELUDE NO. 3") SIMON: Let us introduce Michael Barone, host ...
George Eastman House North Organ Project (all images courtesy the George Eastman House) Each morning as he sat down to breakfast, George Eastman would be serenaded by live pipe organ music played by a ...
She likes that pipe organs can provide soft, prayerful music, but with the flick of some stops and the control of volume by the foot pedals, the music can swell to robust, loud music appropriate for ...
A fundraiser to support the care and restoration of the 1932 Kilgen will run 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, at 3619 Avon St. The Cromaine District Library, which serves as the music hall’s ...
TRAVERSE CITY — In the budding days of America’s love affair with film, theater organs provided live soundtracks. Thanks to a $9,000 grant dedicated to repairs, the Music House Museum’s Wurlitzer ...
If you haven’t experienced the pipe organ in the Brigham Young University Music Building yet, you’re in for a treat. With 4,613 pipes and 81 ranks (sets of pipes), it’s the third-largest organ in Utah ...
Paul Eaton, chair of fine arts at Girard College, plays the organ in the college chapel. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to ...
Anna Lapwood uses social media to share her love of the organ and favourite music from Bach to Lord of the Rings. Millions follow her and thousands more come to her concerts.
BRATTLEBORO — It won Best Picture at the very first Academy Awards, with spectacular midair flying sequences and a dramatic story that still mesmerizes audiences today. "Wings" (1927), a drama about U ...
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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.
Together in partnership with the American Theatre Organ Society, The Strand will screen the 1928 silent film classic Wings on Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 3:00PM. With live accompaniment on The Strand’s ...
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michael Barone, host of Pipedreams, a public radio program dedicated to the pipe organ and celebrating 40 years on the air. The pipe organ. No harmonica, now is it? It can ...