"Since 2017, artists and musicians Phillip Sollmann and Konrad Sprenger have been developing the Modular Organ System: the first monumental pipe organ that can be re-engineered according to the acoustics of any space. Sollmann and Sprenger have deterritorialized the classical organ; their revolutionary instrument is composed of pipes and parts taken from former church organs as well as newly fabricated pieces. When installed, all of the Modular Organ’s elements—pipes, console, action, and wind box—are visible, allowing visitors to witness the instrument’s physicality. By freeing the pipe organ from a singular, static installation, the artists usher in limitless possibilities for the placement and recontextualization of the tremendous instrument and its unique sound. ...”
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