There used to be a hilarious pizza house in Cincinnati built around a pipe organ. Little birds whizzing in and out, all sorts of animation like a German clock. My now deceased SIL, my BIL, dh and I drove over from Springfield to eat there. Heard it burnt down. Pity.

Another pipe organ experience was the one at the church in Somerset England where my dd and sil were married. Parts of the church dated from the 14th century. Of course the pipe organ didn't, but it was a very old and very large piece of instrumentation and it rather jolted me to hear it burst forth as we walked down the isle to the altar. I was so caught up in everything else, I hadn't noticed it. Sort of like icing on the cake.

There's nothing quite like a fine, large pipe organ.

I'll tell a semi-personal story about the big one at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. It's supposed to be an unusual one.

One of my aunts used to play that one w-a-a-a-y back in the 1920s. (1930s?) Well, when it was new. She had a regular radio program that was broadcast from the theater. It was before my memory times, so I never got to hear it. But I always wanted to.

Anyway, a tour group was going from here to Atlanta to see the play, "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" at The Fox. I just had to go in hopes of seeing the organ. Much to my delight there was a mini-concert before the show. It is really a wowser of an organ.

Modern electronic organs can put out some great sound, but you just can "feel" the music move as you can with a pipe organ.