Parsons Pipe Organ Builders

10/16/2026

Happy Friday! Here is a timelapse of just over two weeks of setting up the organ for First Presbyterian Church, Columbia. Enjoy!

10/14/2026

We've completed our project for Central Presbyterian Church in Avon, NY! You can read about it by clicking the link below.

One very important part of our business here at Parsons Pipe Organ Builders is the tuning and maintenance of more than 250 organs throughout the Western New York area, and south into Pennsylvania. We take pride in helping churches care for their instruments which are a pivotal

10/02/2026

First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is kicking off their 2026-2027 Concert season on October 11! Check out the link below for opportunities to hear Parsons Project 50 in person.

2026-27 Concert Series at First Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids—home to Parsons Project 50: Sunday, October 11, @3:00: Enjoy an afternoon of wonderful organ music, organ and piano duets, etc. from our First Lutheran musicians, Dr. Brett & Marita Wolgast as a part of our annual music arts

09/28/2026

Much has happened on the Columbia project in the last few weeks since we took the floor down! The main floor frame that the organ sits on was put together and leveled, which allowed us to put together and level the blower room floor frame. The Solo chest was racked. This week we're going to be busy raising the main Swell/Solo structure, as well as starting on the Great structure. This is the exciting part of building an organ--taking all the pieces we've been building for months and setting it up to make an instrument!

09/01/2026

Check out this awesome video produced by First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina!

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08/31/2026

If you are in the Lynchburg, Virginia, area this coming weekend, Dr. Damin Spritzer is giving a concert on our recently completed Project 56 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church! The concert is Friday @5:00pm.

Dr. Damin Spritzer Friday, Sept. 4, 2026 @5:00 p.m. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Lynchburg, VA Featuring our Project 56 Dr. Damin Spritzer is Area Chair and Associate Professor of Organ at the University of Oklahoma and Interim Director of Music and Organist for St. Thomas More University Parish in....

08/28/2026

This week we took down the set up room floor and built a raised platform at the far end in preparation for setting up the organ we are building for First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, SC!

08/19/2026

See the link below for three upcoming chances to hear our Project 49 in St. Louis!

Parsons is pleased to share the news of the upcoming series of concerts: "Music in a Sacred Space" featuring our Project 49 at Hope Lutheran Church in St. Louis, Missouri! Sunday, October 4, 2026 Hymn Festival featuring organist and composer Benjamin Culli Sunday, March 7, 2027 Organ Vespe...

08/17/2026

One of our summer projects is installing a new computer control system for the organ at Central Presbyterian Church in Avon, NY. The organ's old electric switching system was failing resulting in many ciphers and other issues. The project includes rewiring the entire instrument as well as updating the console.

As of this week the organ chests have been rewired (on site), and the new control panel is nearly done.

The console is a little more complicated. The old switching system and wiring have been gutted and we're basically starting with just the shell. A new stop tab rail is being installed along with adding pistons to the keyboards and pedal board (the organ originally had none), and the pedal board is getting a bit of a restoration, replacing worn out felt and getting new pedal key caps.

08/14/2026

The newly renovated blower room for the Hook & Hastings organ at Christ Church, Rochester, is nearly done! For a few weeks a Parsons crew has been working on installing the new blower, reservoir, and humidifier; as well as cleaning, painting, and sealing the room. Air filters have been added to keep the air going into the organ clean… looks like a proper blower room now!