A Breath of Life for an Old Instrument

Carefully balanced on aluminum scaffolding, Gerald Woehl screws into place a gilded floral panel, one of the final touches on an unusual piece of scientific equipment.

The Italian Baroque organ that the Eastman School of Music has just installed here at the Memorial Art Gallery is the only one of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. It forms part of Eastman's long-term project to place several antique or replica organs in this city and make it a world center of historical organ

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