A low G# held on for fourteen seconds longer than the sample library’s specs allowed.

Marco froze. He was an audio engineer. He didn't believe in ghosts. But Milan Digital Audio had a reputation. Purists said founder Fabio Milano didn't just use 24-bit/96kHz recording. They whispered he had placed the microphones inside the organ case during a midnight vigil. That he had captured the resonance of the stones themselves.

The counter reached forty-seven and stopped.