![]() The organ started out at Morrison Street United Church in Niagara Falls, Ont., with an original price tag of $7,900. 'Big fat' pipes and others the size of a pencil While some organs suffer from poor construction or fixes over the years, Dossenbach said Binkley's has had "virtually no changes" since it was first installed in 1931. "I was shocked and then, at the same time, I realized this is about right," he said. "That's evidence the organ culture is really in decline." ![]() He recalled playing a wedding two years ago where a woman in her 50s told him she'd never heard a pipe organ played. In recent years, Dossenbach said he's noticed church attendance, not to mention interest in organs, start to fade. "You kind of feel like you're doing something good if you can save an organ from destruction," he said. A semi-retired organ builder, Dossenbach has been involved in tuning, repairing and removing several of the massive instruments over the past decade or so.
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