Fragments of the Hydraulis—the ancient Greek water organ—were unearthed in the Dion, at the foot of Mount Olympus in 1992.

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.

Mark Hayes tunes the 40-year-old pipe organ at Southside Baptist Church, which will mark the anniversary of the organ with a concert Sunday at 4 p.m. (Bernard Troncale/Birmingham News) Walking into ...

Franz Robert sits down at the century-old keyboard, kicks off his shoes and begins to play “Misty,” a 1950s jazz standard. The resulting sound is huge, filling up the main sanctuary at Grace Baptist ...

Inside the workshop of the J.H. & C.S. Odell pipe organ company, amid the whine of a table saw and the squeal of an electric drill, there’s an air of contentment. Here, under the high ceiling of a ...

For over 40 years, Gideon Shamir, 82, was the only organ builder in Israel. He searched for an apprentice to whom he could pass on his legacy and knowledge, but never found anyone with the patience to ...

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 ...

New York • When long-awaited drawings of the plan to rebuild David Geffen Hall, the New York Philharmonic’s home at Lincoln Center, were released this month, James Kennerley’s eyes were immediately ...

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 ...

The students also played the five-manual, 137-rank Austin Pipe Organ with more than 8,000 pipes, the fourth largest pipe ...