Church Organ Plays For First Time Since 9/11

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An antique organ at St. Paul's Chapel in Lower Manhattan was played publicly for the first time Friday since being badly damaged on September 11, 2001.
The nearly 1,700-pipe organ was played during a special open rehearsal Friday morning, and will be heard during two Easter Sunday services at the Episcopal house of worship.

"It's a traditional instrument for the church so we're excited it's going to be played soon," said organist Marilyn Haskel. "We do a lot of different kinds of world music here at St. Paul's, and we use drums and piano, we sing a cappella without accompaniment, and the organ is going to add another dimension to that."

Those on hand during Friday's rehearsal were glad the organ once again.

"When you come to this church you expect the organ and when it's not been here it's been missed, so this is wonderful," said parishioner Eileen Zatal.

"Every church needs an organ, right? I mean, without an organ it's not a church," said another parishioner.

"It puts me in a different mood, a special mood when I hear organ music," said a third.

The organ was built in 1964 for the chapel, an annex of Trinity Church which served as a refuge for recovery workers immediately following the World Trade Center terrorist attacks.

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