Organ experts try to get the music going again after flood

From AP and Religion News Service: David Hufford learned that an extreme storm had flooded a suburban Detroit church with more than 7 feet of water, striking the boiler, electrical system, elevator and more.

But this repairman wasn’t called to fix anything ordinary at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran in Grosse Pointe Farms. Hufford’s mission: get the music flowing again from the church’s 63-year-old pipe organ.

In a July 29, 2021 photo, David Hufford of Renaissance Pipe Organ in Ann Arbor, Mich., stands with key pieces of a pipe organ system that were damaged by a June flood in southeastern Michigan. Hufford's company is working to get the organ running again at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Grosse Pointe Farms. (AP Photo/Ed White)