The big pipe organ at downtown Jacksonville's Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is getting a $200,000 upgrade.
Immaculate Conception was established in Jacksonville in 1854. Its first building was burned in the Civil War, the second in the Great Fire of 1901. The current building on East Duval Street was built 112 years ago, and it's an ornate structure with vaulted ceilings and copious stained glass. The organ, which was built for the new parish, underwent its first refurbishment in 1945.
"It is the only official instrument recognized by the Church for the celebration of Mass, and the pipe organ is the pinnacle of that expression," Gaynes said."And people love it." William H. Longmore & Associates of Lakeland is refurbishing and revoicing the pipes, while Allen Organ Co. in Macungie, Pa., is building the new console, the keyboards where the organist sits.
In the ancient and specialized world of pipe organs, digital augmentation has come into wide use. In fact, a similar system is already in place at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Augustine.
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