Organ experts try to get the music going again after floods in Detroit churches
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USAP David Hufford learned that an extreme storm had flooded a suburban Detroit church with more than seven feet of water, striking the boiler, electrical system, elevator and more. “Just astounding,” he said, thumbing through photos on his phone. But this repairman wasn’t called to fix anything ordinary at St Paul […]
Notre Dame Cathedral’s organ getting four-year-long cleaning
Paris, FranceAP Pipe by precious pipe, the organ that once thundered through Notre Dame Cathedral is being taken apart after last year’s devastating fire. The mammoth task of dismantling, cleaning and re-assembling France’s largest musical instrument started Monday and is expected to last nearly four years. It will take six months just to tune the […]