After 800 years, oldest pipe organ in Christian world sounds again

After 800 years, oldest pipe organ in Christian world sounds again

JERUSALEM — After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world roared back to life on Tuesday, its ancient sound echoing through a monastery in Jerusalem's Old City.

After 800 Years of Silence, the Oldest Organ in Christendom Sings Again in Jerusalem

In a moment that united centuries of history, faith, and music, the ancient echoes of a Crusader-era pipe organ once again reverberated through Jerusalem’s Old City this week. After lying silent for nearly 800 years, what researchers believe is the oldest surviving organ in Christendom was unveiled on Tuesday at the Terra Sancta Museum, inside the Saint Saviour’s Monastery. The event marked a milestone not only in musicology but also in the pres…