Check out this unbelievable pipe organ built in the house across the street of my friend and fellow Wikipedia contributor Ken Thomas.
Says Ken:
Apparently the guy was a dentist and a fairly high-ranking officer in the Army. He retired after 30 years, and moved to Lenoir. I gather he had both money and time on his hands, and according to my tour guide “He just really liked pipe organs.” She didn’t come right out and say it, but I could tell from her responses that he may have been a little bit eccentric too. Considering what I was looking at, that little data nugget wasn’t exactly a shocking revelation.
I’ve seen pipe organs before, such as the one at the Rosario Resort on Orcas Island and this one appears to have homemade pipes.
I’d consider patching those hoses myself just to hear it play!
When we were in Tampa, I was on the session of a Presbyterian church. We bought a pipe organ for the church. We had a “loaner” from a company for a while, just a small portable pipe organ; but, it sounded way better than the electronic thing we had. Later we tried to by an “Aolian Sinner”; but, were outbid by a church in New York. We finally found a modern pipe organ especially manufactured for us. Quite an experience. If you are going to sing reformation hymns in classic harmonies, you gotta have a pipe organ. 😀