KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - There’s no doubt they take up a lot of space. When you think pipe organ, you think: big church. But there is an East Texan who has his very own pipe organ in his office in ...

Ben Crandall gently lifted the hand-carved top off the cherry-wood organ and laid it to the side. He reached in and pulled two flutelike tubes from the 165 wood and metal pipes inside. He took out ...

In this age of digital, portable instruments, pipe organs would seem to be obsolete. But Rick Helderop, who repairs and designs them for a living, says he’s as busy as ever. Helderop, who owns ...

KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - It’s back. The East Texas Pipe Organ Festival is making its return to East Texas for the first time since 2019. And, the featured organ at the First Presbyterian Church of ...