Recently, we took you inside the music shop Retrofret in Gowanus which specializes in rare and bizarre instruments. What we didn’t share with you yet is that one floor below, connected to Retrofret is an organ workshop! The shop not only repairs organs for such venerable churches as Trinity Wall Street and St. Thomas on 5th Avenue and 53rd Street, but used to build them from scratch too. When we visited the location on 233 Butler Street, work had already completed for the day. Steve Uhrik, owner of Retrofret, told us that the workers get in extremely early and leave early. Even without people, the place seems alive. Nothing is too precious to be just lying around. Tools and supplies are left where they were used last in the workday. The organ shop is affiliated with Retrofret because the whole business began as a musical instrument repair cooperative in the Soho. Larry Trupiano was… Read More