The church in Clemmons deserved a new organ. Holy Family Catholic Church organist Jola Lewtak had become proficient at avoiding the bad keys and the notes that didn’t work. She played it so skillfully ...

Roxanne Fillman of South Whitehall Township works on a digital organ circuit board May 21 at Allen Organ Factory in Macungie. Aram Basmadjian, vice president of sales at Allen Organ, holds an early ...

A look at the history and craftsmanship behind pipe organs built by Henry Willis and Sons.

MACUNGIE, Pa. - Allen Organ in Macungie is celebrating 85 years in business in the Lehigh Valley. It was founded in 1937 by Jerome Markowitz, who created the first electronic analogue organ. "Analogue ...

An electric organ takes samples of different pipe sounds, so what you’re playing is a recording.” Everything, from the keys, to the “wind box,” to the pipes, has to be in top-notch condition to create ...

The average person enjoys hearing the sound of an organ rather than wondering what it’s made of. The work of the late Jerome Markowitz made that music more rich than imagined. In fact, Markowitz ...

This organ was made by Allen Organ Company in Macungie, Pennsylvania, in 1971. It is a Digital Computer organ, System 300 model, with two keyboards, pedalboard, and bench. Accessioned with original ...

Pipe organs are sometimes thought of as relics from bygone ages of church life. But in Deep East Texas, as in other parts of the nation and world, they are still alive, being constantly repaired, ...