HAWKEYE -- Trinity Lutheran Church leaders are thankful for their organ donors: They wouldn't let the music die. Last November, congregation members unanimously voted to rebuild their 1953 Wicks pipe ...

A number of Jasper County churches are blessed to have musical instruments that, in a few cases, date back more than a century. We’re talking pipe organs. Below are listed nearly a dozen organs that ...

St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the laying of its cornerstone Saturday with a recital featuring the church's recently restored Wicks pneumatic pipe organ. The ...

APLINGTON - The 15-rank Wicks pipe organ at First Reformed Church in Aplington has been cleaned and returned to the church. The work was done the last week of October by Bill Ayers and Jim Streufert ...

It’s a job that requires a maestro’s ear and a surgeon’s touch. When a church with a pipe organ closes, the instrument becomes available for purchase. But moving a massive, complex organ is not any ...

St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1450 30th Ave., East Moline, will celebrate the rededication of its pipe organ with a hymn festival at 3 p.m. Oct. 5. The festival will be led by Dr. Michael Burkhardt, a ...