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Thousands of metal cylinders in wooden boxes lined the second floor of the iconic Catholic church on Veneta Avenue this month.

Father Derek Lappe picked up one and blew into one end, producing a soft, high note that echoed throughout the church's ornate insides.

In the next few weeks, those cylinders — 3,600 in all — will be connected to produce the grand sound of a pipe organ.

Lappe calls the addition of the organ, which the church raised $350,000 to pay for, the final piece in an overhaul at Our Lady Star of the Sea that began in 2007.

"This is the completion of what we started then," Lappe said.