Only ardent music historians know the difference between a portative organ, a small medieval instrument on which only a single melodic line could be played, and a positive organ, a larger device from ...
Only ardent music historians know the difference between a portative organ, a small medieval instrument on which only a single melodic line could be played, and a positive organ, a larger device from ...
The average person enjoys hearing the sound of an organ rather than wondering what it’s made of. The work of the late Jerome Markowitz made that music more rich than imagined. In fact, Markowitz ...
BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) — An organ built in New York and delivered to Youngstown in 1925 is still pumping out world-class music. It’s a classical instrument with a century of history. The sound of a ...
The governing board of Roosevelt Memorial Park cemetery and the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. of North Tonawanda, New York, recached a business agreement in March 1924. The newspaper ad announcing the news ...
Thomas Fielding, who grew up in Elida, is traveling to various churches in the area, including St. John Catholic Church in Lima, to update the Organ Historical Society’s database of historic pipe ...
North Tonawanda is known to many as the home of the carousel. But a lesser known legacy of the Lumber City involves musical organs. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, North Tonawanda was a ...
On May 20, 2025, the team behind the Resound project achieved a milestone in Jerusalem: several original pipes of a medieval organ emitted sound without restoration. The instrument came back to life ...
One of the most unique concerts I played in 2022 took place at the Lake Leelenau RV Park in northern Michigan. The owner of this park, a kindly widower in his 80s, is a lover of pipe organs and organ ...
History of the organ originally designed by George Ashdown Audsley, built by Murray M. Harris and the Los Angeles Art Organ Co. with additions made by Rodman Wanamaker, William Boone Fleming and the ...
James]’ Mechanical Organ of Dutch origin has been around longer than he has, but thanks to being rebuilt over the years and ...