Restoring antique pump organs is a fitting hobby for retired pastor Norm Porath. Retired minister Norm Porath has a weakness for old pump organs. He began restoring them a few years ago and it seems ...

BELLOWS FALLS — The old pump house and gatehouse at Minard’s Pond is about to get some restoration attention. The pump house, which was moved off its original foundation in the pond about nine years ...

A restored early-1800s Tannenberg organ has returned to the York County History Center after undergoing extensive restoration. The restoration, costing over $300,000, includes a new bellows system ...

LOWELL— After nearly 20 years of being largely “unplayable,” the 117-year-old Jesse Woodberry pipe organ in the St. Patrick Church is ready to be played in a weekend concert and during church services ...

This early-1800s York County pipe organ has been restored and will play again May 2 The first pieces of the early-1800s Tannenberg pipe organ arrive at the York County History Center after restoration ...

While both pump organs and Tin Pan Alley music may be out of fashion on their own, combined they’re quite a show. It sounds like a church organ, but it’s actually a pump organ, once common in churches ...

The ceiling of the St. Malachy Church in Philadelphia collapsed 12 years ago, damaging the 140-year-old organ. Now, a fundraiser for the organ's repair will have a baseball theme because the original ...

Q: I have my grandmother’s pump organ. I would like to find someone in the Atlanta area who could restore it. Please let me know if there is such a business. Thanks. — Dolores Trimiew, email Q: A ...

Mar. 4—A pump organ more than a century old is looking for a new home, with proceeds from the sale going to one of Tahlequah's most historic homes. Board members for the Thompson Home said they can ...

He said he enjoys music but doesn’t have the patience it takes to practice, so he plays for his own enjoyment. Friesen’s organ restoration history goes back to when his aunt, Grace Miller, had a reed ...