02/06/2014
What, no ice organ!
Sweden's Ice Orchestra Plays Bach on Frozen Instruments Made from Sculptor Tim Linhart
Just outside of Luleå, Sweden, an Ice Orchestra made up of violins, celli and basses performs in a concert hall made entirely of ice.
01/13/2014
"The current restoration project includes re-establishing the organ’s "unique 1900s tonal style, its organ case and console, and augmenting its character with other vintage components, most notably from another of the oldest and most noted organs in the region from the Salt Lake Masonic Temple."
Utah church’s pipe dream: uniting two of the West’s oldest organs
French novelist Honoré de Balzac said the organ is “the grandest, the most daring, the most magnificent of all instruments invented by human genius.” Mozart called it “the king of instruments.” Organ music, said British historian Thomas Carlyle, is like hearing “the morning stars sing together.” It…
01/13/2014
The Emperor of Instruments! I like the sound of that!
Times of Oman | News :: The Emperor, not the King
The Emperor, not the King
12/17/2013
While transferring manuscripts from the Douglas Rafter Collection, I found this ;)
12/11/2013
Utah church employs 'Crowd Funding' and in one week, over 56K was raised for organ restoration!
Church Asks for Help with Historical Pipe Organ Restoration | KUTV.com
KUTV Salt Lake City is home to the oldest working pipe organ in three surrounding states. The musica
12/04/2013
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12/04/2013
The organ is charting new musical waters, check this out!
Pipe Organs and Jazz Guitar in this week's Pop Scene
King Krule, Alice Smith, Swedish singer Anna von Hausswolff and more in this week's Pop Scene.
11/22/2013
Get your bidding paddles ready!
Historic pipe organ goes on sale at auction
THE grand old pipe organ at the Barkly Street Uniting Church has sounded out in praise for 124 years.
11/22/2013
The Economist is giving a shout out to the King of Instruments!
King of Instruments, back on stage
AS A teenager, Nathan Laube dreamt of a church-music career in the "great Anglican tradition", as he puts it. But today, aged 25, the Chicago-born organ virtuoso is...
11/18/2013
Boston based Aeolian Skinner organ celebrated in Texas!
Celebrating a great legacy of Texas pipe organs
The East Texas Pipe Organ Festival featured Aeolian-Skinner instruments sold and voiced by Roy Perry.
11/06/2013
Sir Elton John paid for a pipe organ to be installed at the Royal Academy of Music! Did you know Elton John began classical organ at age 11?
Elton John, a unique 'organ donor'
Sir Elton John tells Andrew Marr why he has paid for a classical pipe organ to be installed at the Royal Academy of Music.
11/06/2013
I am not such a bad handy person, one new shelving unit assembled in only 2 hours! Only four more to go!