The Kimmel’s New Organ

Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center unveils its new organ. “If the Philadelphia Orchestra has done well all this time without a proper in-residence pipe organ (as opposed to the Academy of Music’s movable organ), is this really something we need? Given the organ’s flashy range and magnitude of sound, will it usher in an era of effects more than music? Will it be some sort of Frankenstein’s monster, strangling all subtlety in its path?”