The Washington National Cathedral is undergoing a significant rehabilitation project focused on overhauling its 86-year-old pipe organ. The $14.5 million renovation involves dismantling and completely rebuilding the organ, which has over 10,000 wooden and metal pipes and tens of thousands of moving parts. This extensive project, expected to take five years, aims to refurbish and reinstall the pipes, leaving the organ sounding brand new. The organ has historically provided the soundtrack to many memorable events at the Cathedral.
A construction team removed over 10,000 pipes from DC’s National Cathedral yesterday, but it wasn’t an overhaul of the building’s plumbing system. It was the 86 year-old pipe organ that has served as a centerpiece for the Cathedral’s Great Choir. https://t.co/EdYGfPOH56
Washington National Cathedral staff on Wednesday began removing pipes from the dying organ so that they could be refurbished and reinstalled, part of a $14.5 million five-year project that officials hope will leave the organ sounding brand new. https://t.co/2iEM0M4f0U
The organ’s 10,000-plus wooden and metal pipes provided the soundtrack to some of the most memorable events in Washington National Cathedral’s history. The renovation for Washington National Cathedral’s pipe organ is expected to take five years. https://t.co/JWq2oqhMFz
"With 10,000 pipes, there are tens and tens of thousands of moving parts.” A new, massive renovation is unfolding at Washington National Cathedral as the cathedral’s organ is being dismantled and completely rebuilt. https://t.co/TqLxw3zj1H
Workers have begun removing pipes as part of a $14 million renovation project of its pipe organ, which has more than 10,000 pipes. https://t.co/jzYMe5qDNW
The Washington National Cathedral is undergoing a major rehabilitation project, focusing on overhauling its 85-year-old pipe organ. https://t.co/D2ojK3G6Wd
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