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At the Virginia Theological Seminary, a fire in 2010 destroyed the chapel and its beloved, 100-year-old pipe organ.\u00a0 Its replacement has now been built from scratch by Taylor and Boody in Staunton, Virginia.\u00a0 It is another mechanical pipe organ, nothing electronic, and it has received rave reviews.\u00a0 Seminary professor William Roberts describes the new instrument as \u201can organ that sings.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“What we were looking for is an organ that sings, an organ that has a warm, mellow sound that accompanies singing,\u201d says Rev. William Bradley Roberts, professor of church music and director of chapel music at Virginia Theological Seminary. 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