The last two years have been some of the hardest in Eugene Weekly’s 43 years. There were moments when keeping the paper alive felt uncertain. And yet, here we are — still publishing, still ...

Pipe organs are often called the king of instruments. The newly completed one in the Cathedral of St. Joseph towers over the rows of pews, adorned with several wood carvings. It has 183 keys across ...

MATTOON – Carol Mausehund began playing the organ as a music major at Eastern Illinois University. When Mausehund was a student in the 1980s, Eastern offered many more organ study opportunities than ...

Pipe organs have a storied history throughout Western civilization, but demand for the king of instruments has seen a steady decline in recent decades. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports ...

Coined as the “king of instruments” by Mozart, the pipe organ has an extensive history behind its use and creation. It has undergone many transformations throughout the centuries, however, one thing ...

It is a jaded eye that looks at a massive pipe organ — its multiple keyboards, monster foot pedals and colossal conical tubes reaching toward the heavens — without being impressed. Especially if said ...

Rev. ed. of: The king of instruments : how churches came to have organs. London : SPCK, 1993. The organ is the largest instrument with the largest repertory and the greatest influence on Western music ...