 Beginning in 1982, the year of the present organ's dedication, Frederick Swann was organist and music director at the church.During his 16-year tenure (1982–1998), he was widely regarded as the most visible organist in the world as people in more than 165 countries worldwide saw and heard him playing the organ on the weekly "Hour of Power" televised episodes.Following the Crystal Cathedral's final "Hour of Power" in June 2013, the organ was scheduled to be dismantled for a $2 million refurbishing, led by Fratelli Ruffatti, and then to be re-installed for the building's planned re-opening as Christ Cathedral.