OHS Press

The Organ Historical Society publishes books, a quarterly journal, an annual study of organs by locale, and also produces sound recordings on CD. Upon creation of the Society in 1956, publication of the quarterly journal began, with the annual study of organs by locale beginning shortly thereafter in connection with the Society's annual convention. The first book was published in 1984.

OHS Press, 2021, 105 pgs, softcover.

Organ Historical Society

Edwin L. Holbrook and Organ Building in East Midway, Massachusetts (soft cover) - by Stephen Pinel

$25.00

Kaleidoscope of Colors: A Festival of Pipes, August 2021

Organ Historical Society

Kaleidoscope of Colors: A Festival of Pipes, August 2021

$20.00

The pipe organ is truly the King of Instruments, with its fascinating and powerful sound. Pipe organs are beautiful to look at, breathtaking to listen to, difficult to understand, and full of secrets! Do you know anything about what is hidden behind an organ's grand façade? How many pipes does an organ have? How does an organ work? What does an organ builder's shop look like?

All this and much more will be explained in this volume, published by Bund Deutscher Orgelbaumeister, accompanied by many colorful and informative pictures. For all children and parents who would like to discover the secrets of the pipe organ! 2020

Organ Historical Society

Ksenia Bönig, The Big Book of Pipe Organs

$27.95

This is an "extended organ lesson" for the general musician, interested seminarian or churchman, and the student of organ-playing and organ-building. Organ Design and Organ Playing studies the relationship between good organ building and good organ playing. It emphasizes the importance of treating the organ as a pure musical instrument and explains how an organ designed to play the idiomatic literature is also well suited to liturgical use. Rediscovering Classic Organ Building in America is an illustrated history of modern classic organ building from Walter Holtkamp's Pioneering designs of the 1930's to the installation of the first completely American classic organ; the organ built by Charles Fisk and his associates at the old Andover Organ Co. and installed in 1961 in Mount Calvary Church in Baltimore.
Sunbury Press, 1975, 96 pgs, hardcover

Sunbury Press

Two Essays on Organ Design - by John T. Fesperman

$20.00

Alan Miller Laufman (1935-2000) graduated from Arlington High School in 1953, and received a BA degree from Brandeis University in 1958 He was a member of the Organ Historical Society, and served as Board President from 1975-1979. For many years Alan wrote a column for The American Organist, and he chaired 3 Conventions for the Organ Historical Society. This small volume with many photos brings the instruments in Arlington, Massachusetts, to life.
The Boston Book Club, 2000, 56 pgs, hardcover

The Boston Organ Club

Pipe Organs of Arlington Massachusetts - by Alan M. Laufman

$29.95

Barbara Owen's annotated and documented work list of E. & G.G. Hook and Hook & Hastings in the state of Maine.
OHS Press, softcover, 133 pages, copyright 2017.

Organ Historical Society

Hook Organs in the State of Maine - by Barbara Owen

$24.95

Organ Building: Journal of the Institute of British Organ Building, Volume 11

Organ Historical Society

Organ Building: Journal of the Institute of British Organ Building, Volume 11

$35.98

Murray M. Harris returned in 1894 from his Boston apprenticeship with organ builder George S. Hutchings to a booming Los Angeles where only eight pipe organs existed. Six years later, Los Angeles would have 154 churches in it and scores of new pipe organs, many of them built by Harris. Harris and Henry C. Fletcher became business partners and founded the city’s first organ building firm, Fletcher & Harris. From this beginning more than 100 organs were built by 1913, including the world’s largest for the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and that would become Philadelphia’s famous Wanamaker Organ.
David Lennox Smith (d. 1979) carefully gathered the history of Harris and his contemporaries and Orpha Ochse has updated Smith’s research with the help of colleagues Manuel Rosales, Kevin Gilchrist, Jim Lewis, and Jack Bethards to include an annotated opus list, listings of organ builders from the Los Angeles City Directories, many stoplists and photographs, and technical details.
OHS Press, 344 pgs, hardbound

Organ Historical Society

Murray M. Harris and Organ Building in Los Angeles, 1894-1913 - by David Lennox Smith (ed. Orpha Ochse)

$24.95

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This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Bardon Enterprises, Portsmouth;2005, 225 pgs, hardbound with dust jacket

The Organ and Its Position in Musical Art: A Book for Musicians and Amateurs - by H. Heathcote Statham

$35.00

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