Sung in unison to accompanying notes of a piano, church prayers are lessons in music. But gradually the electronic music instruments are replacing traditional piano and pipe organs. And those who play ...

If you are a musician and you are also a Hackaday reader, there’s a good chance you’ll own at least one MIDI instrument. A synthesizer of some description, maybe a keyboard, or perhaps a drum machine.

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 ...

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You might think you're fancy if you have a grand piano parked in your parlor. But if you really want the ultimate musical status symbol, you can't beat a pipe organ. At least that was the case 100 ...

FARGO — There are a hundred ways a town can be silent during a pandemic. No sounds of children in school. No sounds of laughter from a restaurant. No soundtracks from movies. On Sundays, no sounds of ...

As electronics hobbyists we are grateful to our spouses and flatmates who gracefully tolerate all of our weird equipment and chaotic projects in their homes. But it takes a different level of ...

The organ in St Magnus Cathedral has provided the musical accompaniment to lives in Orkney for the last century. Now plans ...

With concerts canceled at Kauffman Center for Performing Arts, Grammy-nominated organist Jan Kraybill stops by to play and inspect the monumental pipe organ at the heart of the venue. “I miss these ...

Christopher Soer knows what it means to “pull out all the stops.” The 33-year-old builds and restores pipe organs for a living, which is where the expression comes from. Organs have banks of ...