Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Jeffrey Verbeeck (cq), a fourth generation organ builder from Belgium, carries a number of reeds from the 1922 Mortier Dance Hall Organ at the Music House Museum in Acme. Verbeek is working on the project with his father, Johnny Verbeek (cq) on the 18-foot by 30-foot, 5,000 pound instrument.
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Johnny Verbeeck (cq), a fifth generation organ builder from Belgium, works parts from the 1922 Mortier Dance Hall Organ at the Music House Museum in Acme. The instrument, which Verbeek is working on with his son, Jeffrey Verbeek (cq), has about 700 pipes ranging from 6 feet tall to as small as a quarter inch. "This is pretty standard, I can do it with my eyes closed," he said of the work.
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Jeffrey Verbeeck (cq), a fourth generation organ builder from Belgium, listens to music from his computer while working on parts of the 1922 Mortier Dance Hall Organ at the Music House Museum in Acme. Verbeek is working on the project with his father, Johnny Verbeek (cq) on the 18-foot by 30-foot, 5,000 pound instrument.
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
The 1922 Belgium-built Mortier Dance Hall Organ at the Music House Museum in Acme is being repaired by Johnny Verbeeck (cq) and his son, Jeffrey Verbeek, fifth and fourth generation organ builders from Belgium.
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Members of the Cherry Capital Chorus rehearses Tuesday.
Printed:  Photoshop: Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Lynne Church (cq)("Sarah Brown") and Scott Skiba (cq)("Sky Masterson") rehearse a scene for the Traverse City Orchestra concert production of "Guys and Dolls" which opens March 17 at Corson Auditorium on the campus of the Interlochen Center for the Arts.
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
John Reicha, left, and Matthew Sowers rehearse a scene for "The Music Man," Saturday at The Woodland School.
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
The cast of "The Music Man," rehearses Saturday at The Woodland School.
Record-Eagle/Keith King
Kurt Bullock, a member of Songwriters in the Round, performs Friday, February 15, 2013 at the Horizon Shine Cafe in the lower level of Horizon Books in Traverse City.
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Jeffrey Verbeeck (cq), a fourth generation organ builder from Belgium, carries a number of reeds from the 1922 Mortier Dance Hall Organ at the Music House Museum in Acme. Verbeek is working on the project with his father, Johnny Verbeek (cq) on the 18-foot by 30-foot, 5,000 pound instrument.
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Jeffrey Verbeeck (cq), a fourth generation organ builder from Belgium, carries a number of reeds from the 1922 Mortier Dance Hall Organ at the Music House Museum in Acme. Verbeek is working on the project with his father, Johnny Verbeek (cq) on the 18-foot by 30-foot, 5,000 pound instrument.
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Jeffrey Verbeeck (cq), a fourth generation organ builder from Belgium, carries a number of reeds from the 1922 Mortier Dance Hall Organ at the Music House Museum in Acme. Verbeek is working on the project with his father, Johnny Verbeek (cq) on the 18-foot by 30-foot, 5,000 pound instrument.
See photo in original gallery.