University plans to restore 50-ton 1931 pipe organ
NORMAN — Christmas came early this year for the University of Oklahoma 's organ program.
Instead of receiving a shiny new bike with some assembly required, though, OU got a pipe organ completed in 1931 that weighs 50 tons, has about 6,500 pipes and will require up to three years to put back together. This gift from the University of Pennsylvania is old and dusty, but is virtually incomparable.
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