Other than church, the pipe organ is often perceived as belonging in horror movies. But there’s more to the instrument that spans most musical genres.

Organist Anna Lapwood presents a beginner’s guide to the organ – from stops, pedals and manuals to pipes and wind chests. We meet the brilliant organist Anna Lapwood at St John’s Smith Square, home to ...

Like many organists today, 15-year-old Andrew Van Varick’s fascination with the organ began long before his feet reached the pedalboard. In fact, when teacher John Baratta first started working ...

He compared mastering the pedalboard to driving a car — eventually, your feet know where to find and when to press the gas and brake pedals. For Scifers, the pedalboard adds to the organ’s allure.

Her hands were so stiff that I also had to pull the stops: clarion, chimney flute, vox humana. Occasionally, when her ankles were bad, I also sat under the bench and pressed the keys of the pedalboard ...

[Nick] sent in this sweet midi pedal organ. [Seffan] modded an old set of organ pedals with the cheapest midi keyboard he could find. Each pedal was equipped with a switch mechanism, so it was just… ...

If any instrument deserves to be geeked over, it is the pipe organ. Over the course of its almost 2,000 years of development, it has evolved from the rudimentary Greek water organ to the extremely ...

The thrum of the 88-year-old organ reverberated through the cathedral this past week as specialists put the finishing touches on the pipes, keyboard and pedalboard.

The organ’s restoration is currently underway, under the supervision of Dr Simon Mercieca. The project, the cost of which is expected to run into five-digit numbers, ...