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His name may conjure up vivid images of Satan’s lair, but you’re more likely to find organ prodigy Felix Hell in one of God’s houses: This Wunderkind tours and concertizes in churches and cathedrals, spreading the multipiped gospel of the world’s oldest keyboard instrument. Like old-school keyboard masters Bach and Buxtehude, Hell hails from Germany. He served his first post as liturgical organist for an Easter High Mass at the age of 8. Two CD releases later, the 15-year-old attends Juilliard and finds time to dispel the stereotype of organs and their manipulators as being ancient and decrepit. Indeed, young Master Hell will perform on the Rodgers T967, a MIDI-enhanced digital electronic organ newly installed at the Arlington United Methodist Church. It’s a far cry from the 13th century, when the mammoth instruments were operated by slider keys that were pulled out and pushed back in to create tones. Hear sounds from Hell at 3 p.m. at Arlington United Methodist Church, 716 S. Glebe Road, Arlington. Free. (703) 979-7527. (Amy Domingues)