The first pieces of a massive, historic theater pipe organ built more than 90 years ago have been installed at Rochester Institute of Technology’s music performance theater, currently under ...

The massive instrument is the brainchild of Paul Woelbing. When Woelbing is asked why he put the theater organ together, he simply says, "Because I can." "My name is Paul Woelbing," Woelbing said as ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A massive pipe organ that underscored the drama and comedy of silent movies with live music in Detroit's ornate Hollywood Theatre nearly a century ago was dismantled into thousands ...

Nearly 40 years ago, Mike Pedersen fulfilled a lifelong dream to restore a pipe organ. Since then, he's hosted holiday ...

In the history of American culture, few sounds are as closely tied to the idea of entertainment as the theater pipe organ. At once nostalgic and timeless, it is often referred to as “the king of ...

It’s 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning when Kim Martin flips the switch on an old friend. Two large air-blowers hum to life in the basement of the Polk Theatre. The Robert Morton Pipe Organ begins to breathe.

Notre Dame’s famed 8,000-pipe organ, known as the voice and soul of the beloved cathedral, will be “revived” after a five-year absence. Notre Dame’s famed 8,000-pipe organ, known as the voice and soul ...

Christopher Nordwall and a co-worker gave a thorough tuneup to the 1928 Kimball Theatre Pipe Organ in the atrium of the State Office Building less than two years ago. But when he returned Thursday ...

Experienced organist Dave Moreno creates this whole chorus of sounds—everything from bangs and smashes to familiar tunes like “O Christmas Tree”—on a 1920s theater pipe organ. When you play the ...

Ian Fraser of Plainfield, New Jersey, who is a concert organist, plays a medley of Christmas tunes at the start of a free performance he gave Sunday at C&C Ribbon and Florist Co. in Boardman, which ...