The Pinelands United Methodist Church at Batsto, held a dedication concert Sunday Nov. 5, 2017, to celebrate the new Italian pipe organ built by Daniel Taccini of Rome.

It's been renovated several times before, and now another round of work is needed. Some of the organ's 1,500 pipes, which go up in size to 32 feet, no longer function as they should, and some of ...

A pipe organ, Ben Keseley explained to me, is basically a box of whistles. But what whistles! And what a box! Keseley, 44, is the minister of music at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Arlington.

A sound specifically tuned to the church's space. But it might not have happened if the Dobson Pipe Organ Builders hadn't completed what another company started 40 years ago.

Not just any pipe organ, mind you, but a state-of-the-art instrument with 5,283 pipes, the largest of which is 37 feet tall, 17 inches around and weighs 365 pounds.

The solution was clear. Concordia gifted the organ to the North Liberty church, and the Juricas started transporting it here in jigsaw pieces in June, one van load at a time.

Currently the church is blessed by having excellent acoustics in the sanctuary, a Steinway grand piano built in 1903 and a large celebrated pipe organ. The church seeks to bring fine music ...

Organ dedication concert What: An organ program covering more than 400 years of organs and their music When: 4 p.m. Saturday Where: Greenwood United Methodist Church, 525 N. Madison Ave., Greenwood ...

The church’s 1879 pipe organ, as well as the graceful ribs and ceiling arches, combined to create one of the city’s warmest, friendliest acoustics for performing and hearing music.

And it's heavy. The mechanical organ was shipped by rail from St. Louis and installed in the church in 1906, Cook said. An electric blower was later added to power the bellows.

A new pipe organ for Village Presbyterian Church’s sanctuary features a big sound — a very big sound — matching the effort it took to put it there.

A couple of years ago, Dave Weesner had a big problem. A 1,500-square foot, 2,600-pipe problem. In short, he had an organ bigger than his house with no place to put it. “It’s not like you can ...