A corrected, revised, and updated version of the anthology of Philadelphia organs originally published for the 2016 OHS Convention in Philadelphia. It includes 16 chapters, many by prominent authors, on Philadelphia organbuilders John C.B. Standbridge, Henry Knauff, and C.S. Haskell; organs in the Wanamaker store, Atlantic City Convention Hall, two great synagogues, the 1876 Centennial Exposition, and Tindley Temple. Other essays discuss Alexandre Guilmant’s visits to Philadelphia, Aeolian organs in palatial homes, church music, Emerson Richards and the American Classic revolution in organbuilding, and early organ recordings.

OHS Press, 2026

300 pages, 125 illustrations