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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.

M.P. Möller was the largest organ company in the world and built more pipe organs than any other organ builder in history. Documenting such an enterprise is a formidable task that has been admirably achieved by Bynum Petty, the OHS’s former archivist. This revised and enlarged second edition of his original study of the company, An Organ a Day, traces its beginning in 1854 to its eventual sale in January,1993. A wealth of archival photographs illustrates every facet of the company, including its most important instruments. Many detailed stoplists of the largest organs, a transcript of M.P. Möller’s 1921 diary, and a complete catalogue of Möller Artiste player organ rolls are included. The last of 24 appendixes is a complete Geographical Index of the company’s 11,850 organs.

OHS Press, 2023; 402 pgs. hardcover

M.P. Möller: The Artist of Organs — The Organ of Artists, by Bynum Petty. OHS Press, 2023

$79.95

Robert Palmieri, Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments: The Piano

$100.00

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

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

$90.00

Organ Historical Society

Edward J. Hopkins and Edward F. Rimbault, The Organ: Its History and Construction

$84.50