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Friday, February 03, 2012

Time for a tune-up

Staff photo by Rod Mikinski

Kevin Lors of Quimby Pipe Organs plays notes while Eric Johnson, top, inside the organ, listens and adjusts the pipes. The organ gets a tuning every two years.

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