The appeal of rattling church rafters turned John Ahern toward the pipe organ. Granted, Ahern, 17, doesn’t want church walls to collapse when he plays chords during a hymn, but he likes the power. “I ...

The only thing missing was a monkey with a cup. Mark Pall, a 16-year-old organ player, stood outside The Home Depot in Wilkes-Barre on a recent Friday afternoon, spinning out jovial tunes from his ...