Article: A KEY ADDITION: University of Charleston gets a pipe organ through $100,000 collaboration

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A new sound of music permeates the University of Charleston these days, coming from the general direction of Geary Auditorium.

The facility now contains a restored pipe organ, to be dedicated Sunday with a recital by UC faculty member Barbara Wright and the University Singers. A reception follows in the nearby Rotunda.

Karen Merriman, UC's vice president for advancement, said the $100,000 pipe organ project represents a collaborative effort. The process started with Dick Walker of Walker Machinery, the instrument's original owner, who had the organ in his house.

Walker approached UC President Ed Welch about the organ, Merriman said. "I believe the story is that he was ...

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