Experience the sound and history of HNOC’s restored Aeolian player pipe organ during free demonstrations, held twice daily at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Starting this Saturday, November 29, the program also highlights how the rapid modernization of the 1920s shaped holiday traditions. Period decorations and musical selections including “Sleigh Ride,” “March of the Toys,” and “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” will bring this transformative era to life. 🎄 Admission is free! Learn more and plan your visit a

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Halloween Tradition...a little scary organ playing of J.S. Bach's Tocatta in D-minor. I've read that when Bach composed this piece in the early 1700's, he used it to test the wind and keyboard action of organs when we toured around Europe. Back then, the wind for pipe organs was supplied by teams of men and boys operating huge bellows, so the big chords would test their endurance to keep enough air flowing that the organ wouldn't go flat or die out. It probably got connected with Halloween and s