{"id":278,"date":"2006-11-21T17:30:11","date_gmt":"2006-11-21T17:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/2006\/11\/21\/the-organ-it-is-a-whole-orches-1\/"},"modified":"2015-09-29T08:57:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T12:57:36","slug":"the-organ-it-is-a-whole-orches-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/the-organ-it-is-a-whole-orches-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The pipe organ and its tradition in York County: &#8216;It is a whole orchestra in itself&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2006\/11\/sam.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14862\" title=\"sam\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2006\/11\/sam.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2006\/11\/sam.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2006\/11\/sam-300x197.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>While interest in organ music has waned, Sam Keeney, seen here at a recent concert, has been steadfast in promoting the instrument.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nOrgans and their magnificent musical sounds have been losing popularity in recent years, although 250 people came out for a recent holiday concert in York County.<br \/>\nAnd those who know how to play them well are growing scarce, too.<br \/>\nYork County has a long association with the instrument.<br \/>\nDavid Tannenberg\u2019s famous pipe organ, constructed for York\u2019s Christ Lutheran Church in 1804, is the best-known in the county. It also has the distinction as the instrument of choice at the organ-maker\u2019s own funeral&#8230; .<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nTanneberg died before finishing it, and John Hall, his assistant, put on the finishing touches.<br \/>\nThey did their work well. Today, organists regularly play the Tannenberg organ at the York County Heritage Trust.<br \/>\nDespite Tanneberg\u2019s well-known brand, few county churches had organs before the Civil War. Many purchased after the war were of a small portable variety.<br \/>\nBellows produced wind for the sound of these early church organs. Often, boys manned the bellows. Sometimes, music stopped in the middle of anthems or hymns when boys working the bellows grew tired.<br \/>\nAfter the turn of the century, some congregations accepted Andrew Carnegie&#8217;s offer to purchase pipe organs.<br \/>\nThe best-known pipe organ since Tanneberg\u2019s operates at St. Matthew Lutheran in Hanover.<br \/>\nThe massive Austin Organ, installed in 1925 and enhanced since, uses about 15,000 pipes.<br \/>\nA program describing the organ said it simply: \u201cIt is a whole orchestra in itself.&#8221; Call the church for visitor&#8217;s information. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stmattlutheran.org\">http:\/\/www.stmattlutheran.org<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe loss of interest in organs and their music means the loss of a key part of York County\u2019s musical voice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While interest in organ music has waned, Sam Keeney, seen here at a recent concert,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,7,47,4,11,12,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives-all-posts","category-events","category-explanationscontroversy","category-for-photo-fans","category-local-journalism-web","category-local-landmarks","category-nostalgia-memories","category-people","category-small-town-life"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The pipe organ and its tradition in York County: &#039;It is a whole orchestra in itself&#039; 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