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James Lewis is an organist, organ historian and commercial photographer. He has researched the organs of California for over thirty-five years and has published articles on the subject in several periodicals. A fascinating exploration of the instruments that emerged in California in the nineteenth century following the 1848 Gold Rush.

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Pipe Organs of Northern California by James Lewis

$19.95

The definitive text on the history and location of Aeolian and Aeolian/Skinner pipe organs in the United States. Second Edition, 2018, 638 pgs.

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The Aeolian Pipe Organ And Its Music, 2nd edition - by Rollin Smith

$90.00

Empire State Hymnbook - compiled, edited and annotated by Rollin Smith

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Empire State Hymnbook - compiled, edited and annotated by Rollin Smith

$15.00

In 1984, The Boston Organ Club chapter of the Organ Historical Society issued The Johnson Organs, a ground-breaking study by John Van Varick Elsworth. It featured the first published, annotated work list of an American organ builder, and included all 860 of his organs! This 2015 edition, under the affectionate direction of the noted author and historian, Barbara Owen, the Johnson list has been re-annotated in greater detail and brought up to date. Combined with dozens of facsimiles, a year-by year accounting of the firm, and a detailed restoration report by nationally respected organ restorer, Scot L. Huntington, Stephen L. Pinel and Martin R. Walsh, this 240-page volume is sure to fascinate. The book should be in the library of every devotee of the American pipe organ. 2015; soft cover; 240 pgs, OHS Press.

Johnson Organs 1844-1898: William A. Johnson, Johnson Organ Co, Johnson & Son - by Scot L. Huntington, Barbara Owen, Stephen L. Pinel, and Martin Walsh

$32.95

Written by James Lewis, this book provides an interesting overview of the pipe organs in the Hawaiian Islands between 1863 and 1901 and discusses how and why they were commissioned. Stop lists are included as well.
OHS Press, 2014; 34 pgs, softcover

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Pipe Organs Among the Palm Trees: Pipe Organs in the Hawaiian Islands (1863-1902) - by James Lewis

$16.95

Compiled by Allen Kinzey and Sand Lawn according to company records, this revised edition of the E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List also contains information on the Ernest M. Skinner & Son Company.
OHS Press, 1997; 258 pgs, softbound

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E. M. Skinner / Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, plus information on Ernest M. Skinner & Son Co. - by Allen Kinzey and Sand Lawn

$17.98

Peter Williams brilliant 2012 volume on how the organ became a part of Western culture. 165 pgs, OHS Press

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The King of Instruments: How the Organ became part of Western Culture - by Peter Williams

$29.95

Organists' Journal and Review (1874-1877) - by Eugene Thayer

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Organists' Journal and Review (1874-1877) - by Eugene Thayer

$34.95

The Organ in Reading Town Hall by Philip Bowcock and Peter Mawr

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The Organ in Reading Town Hall by Philip Bowcock and Peter Mawr

$55.95