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 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

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The Old Organist - by Henry A. Jones

$14.95

The OHS Book of Organ Poems - collected and edited by Dr. Rollin Smith

Organ Historical Society

The OHS Book of Organ Poems - collected and edited by Dr. Rollin Smith

$18.00

Church Organs: A Guide to Selection - by John K. Ogasapian

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Church Organs: A Guide to Selection - by John K. Ogasapian

$12.95

The Newberry Memorial Organ at Yale University - by Edward W. Flint

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The Newberry Memorial Organ at Yale University - by Edward W. Flint

$39.95

Music on the Green - by Barbara Owen

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Music on the Green - by Barbara Owen

$48.00

Music and Its Questions: Essays in Honor of Peter Williams - ed. by Thomas Donahue

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Music and Its Questions: Essays in Honor of Peter Williams - ed. by Thomas Donahue

$79.00

American millionaire Edward F. Searles will forever be remembered for his obsession with pipe organs. His most famous project was the construction of the magnificent Methuen Memorial Music Hall that houses the historic 1863 Walcker organ, originally installed in the Boston Music Hall. Searles had six other organs built for his homes, and one for his own organ factory. At the age of 46, Searles, then an interior decorator, married the fabulously wealthy widow of railroad magnate Mark Hopkins, 22 years his senior. Her death three years later left Searles with a $30-million fortune. This is the story of his lifetime involvement with the organ, illustrated with magnificent photographs of his many instruments.
OHS Press, 2010, 104 pgs, paperback

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Mr. Searles and the Organ - by James Lewis

$22.95

This fascinating book traces the evolution of the Los Angeles company through the demise of the Murray M. Harris Company, its successor the Los Angeles Art Organ Company, and then its short-lived successor, the Electrolian Company. Letters to and from the major stock holder in the company, Eben Smith, reveal the financial debacle of building the largest organ in the world, the 1904 St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition organ—the nucleus of the famous Wanamaker organ,—and the on-going problems of obtaining contracts and keeping the firm out of bankruptcy.
OHS Press

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The Los Angeles Art Organ Company - by James Lewis

$19.95

Larry Biser's biography of an incredible woman who headed the organ department at Westminster Choir College and enjoyed a storied career as performer, teacher and interpreter.

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Joan Lippincott: The Gift of Music - by Larry G. Biser

$24.95

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