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    A LEGEND REBORN: RESTORING THE ORGAN OF KING’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

    Nov 17, 2021 3 minutes

    Here’s a question you might like to use next time you’re in charge of the Friday-night quiz down at the Dog & Trumpet.

    What, aside from the clock, is the most complex mechanical instrument developed in the age before the Industrial Revolution? Answer: the organ.

    And if you watch Steven Benson’s remarkable filmed documentary about the removal, rebuilding, and reinstallation of the organ of King’s College, Cambridge (Fugue State Films), you can see how extraordinary these instruments have

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