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.

This is the story of the Aeolian-Skinner organ at Stoneleigh, the former home of the Haas family and now the headquarters of the Organ Historical Society. The organ contract was signed in 1931 with the Aeolian company, the world's premiere builder of residence organs. But with the new company formed in 1932 by the merger of Aeolian with the Skinner Organ Company, this became the first residence organ installed by the new Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company. Rollin Smith's new book traces in detail the organ from its first home in West Orange, New Jersey, to its present home in Villanova, Pennsylvania. From the wealth of documentation on the Aeolian and Skinner firms available in the OHS Library and Archives, the story of this fascinating instrument is told through contracts, shop notes, architectural drawings, and photographs - a truly fascinating history of a unique historic American organ.
OHS Press, 2018; 125 pgs, hard cover

Organ Historical Society

Organ Historical Society at Stoneleigh: Aeolian-Skinner No. 878 - by Rollin Smith

$29.95

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

Organ Historical Society

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

Was: $90.00

Now: $27.00

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

Organ Historical Society

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

$15.00

2017 OHS Calendar

2017 OHS Calendar

$19.99

OHS Press, 2016; 276 pgs, softcover

Organ Historical Society

OHS Philadelphia 2016 Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Anthology - compiled by Rollin Smith

$34.95

The Philadelphia Hymnbook

Organ Historical Society

The Philadelphia Hymnbook

$20.00

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

OHS Press, 2015; 180 pgs (b/w), softcover

Organ Historical Society

Lawrence Phelps, Organbuilder - by Burton K. Tidwell

$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

Organ Historical Society

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

$16.95

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