When I was assigned to report a “How L.A. Works” article for our December issue on the Walt Disney Concert Hall’s organ—the $3 million, 40-ton, multi-pipe instrument that has transfixed me ...

Made up of more than six million red bricks and 80,000 blocks of terracotta, the Hall opened in 1871 as a tribute to Queen Victoria’s late husband, Prince Albert. In the ensuing century and a ...