OHS Gifts - Page 2

With this second volume, Christopher M. Brunelle continues to put lowly doggerel to lofty purposes. This collection of entirely new verses provides hundreds of new ways to celebrate the liturgical year and the life of the church, from scripture to sermons to singing. These delightful and playful short poems can be used as choir devotionals, in church newsletters, or in many other creative ways. MorningStar Music

Morning Star Music Publishers

The Church Year in Limericks, Vol 2 - collected and edited by Christopher M. Brunelle

$15.00

"The Church Year in Limericks is the result of my desire to start choir rehearsals in a new way. Some choir directors simply launch in, others start with an announcement or a short prayer; I wanted to find something that would engage the choir’s attention, provide a comment on the day’s music or the week’s activities, and set a creative challenge for myself. Like an Advent calendar or a box of chocolates, The Church Year in Limericks is not meant to be enjoyed all at once. Each stanza exists on its own, and reading the entire collection straight through diminishes the individuality of its separate parts. Think of this book instead as a sort of hymnal, in which all the hymns happen to be written in the same meter but each one serves a different purpose in worship: contemplation, inspiration, insight, comfort, joy. Yes, there is perhaps a higher quotient of lively word play here than in a regular hymnal, but that’s all the more reason to appreciate each limerick for itself." - Christopher M. Brunelle
MorningStar Music

Morning Star Music Publishers

The Church Year in Limericks, Vol 1 - compiled and edited by Christopher M. Brunelle

$15.00

48 delightful, glossy pages of puzzles and brain teasers 'designed to amuse and confuse musicians'. Soft cover, spiral-bound, includes Sudoku, cryptic crosswords, wordsearch, spot-the-difference, letterdrops, logic problems, a difficult maze, an organ crawl and other teasers. Ideal gift; unique, fun, timeless.
Pipeline Press, 2020, 48 pages, spiral bound

Butz

Puzzles for Musicians: Enigmatic Variations - by Jenny Setchell

$16.00

Magnets and Bottle-Openers (Four) (Vierer-Set Registerzug-Magnete mit Flaschenöffner)

Butz

Magnets and Bottle-Openers (Four) (Vierer-Set Registerzug-Magnete mit Flaschenöffner)

$15.00

OHS lapel pin

SteelBerry

OHS lapel pin

$9.95

OHS coffee mug

Organ Historical Society

OHS coffee mug

$17.00

OHS Ornament

Organ Historical Society

OHS Ornament

$25.00

This unique album is full of fascinating photographs which will be enjoyed by connoisseurs both of organs and of architecture; in contrast to the many volumes containing pictures of the organs only, the cases of major instruments are for the first time presented here in the larger spatial context of the vaulting and ceilings around them - after all, in many instances, they were created together in perfect harmony. The result is gripping pictures which make it possible to appreciate some amazing architectural achievements and instrument designs during the last 500 years, and which unfailingly fill the onlooker with awe and wonder.
Dr. J. Butz, 2015, 64 pgs, hard cover

Butz

Dem Himmel Nahe: Faszinierende Blicke auf Orgeln und Gewölbe (Looking up at Organs and Ceilings) - by Jenny Setchell

$46.98

This domestic drama/comedy finds a venerable, blind organist terminated after 25 years service due to his “innocently priming himself” with drink before playing his service voluntaries. He is, without knowing it, succeeded by his daughter’s fiance, and their conversations provide part of the play’s comedy. Henry Arthur Jones (1851-1929) was a prominent playwright in his time, and a contemporary of Shaw and Wilde. With four characters and about a half-hour in length, The Old Organist will make a fine meeting program for many, and an entertaining read for the rest of us.
OHS Press, reprinted in 2010, 28 pgs, softbound

Organ Historical Society

The Old Organist - by Henry A. Jones

$14.95