Pipe organs channel an unmistakable, eternal sound into church services around West Texas at Easter and all year.

Editor’s note: First Congregational United Church of Christ in Elgin recently announced that the grand finale concert for the Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour set for Sept. 12 has been canceled. It will be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NORFOLK — He slid onto the worn bench, hesitant. Fingers reached for the ivories, yellowed with age. It’s been nearly 40 years ...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — There are few pipe organs in the world that have a nickname, a feminine pronoun and a Facebook fan page. The Hazel Wright organ — just “Hazel,” to her admirers — was removed ...

[Editor's note: this story was submitted by John Coney, Member QALC Fine Arts Committee] The Queen Anne Lutheran Church congregation celebrates the arrival of a new world class pipe organ to ...

David La’O Ball, organist and head of music ministry at Christ Cathedral, stands by the Hazel Wright organ in Garden Grove, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Nearly a decade and $3 million later, “Hazel ...

The appeal of rattling church rafters turned John Ahern toward the pipe organ. Granted, Ahern, 17, doesn’t want church walls to collapse when he plays chords during a hymn, but he likes the power. “I ...

Pipe organs have a storied history throughout Western civilization, but demand for the king of instruments has seen a steady decline in recent decades. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports ...

Organist and educator Steven Ball takes the helm of one of Southwest Florida’s most respected church music programs.

NORFOLK — He slid onto the worn bench, hesitant. Fingers reached for the ivories, yellowed with age. It’s been nearly 40 years since St. Mary’s majestic pipe organ fell silent. Even longer since ...