Books About Cavaillé-Coll

For a period of over fifty years, one of America’s most influential transitional figures in pipe organ tonal design preached the gospel of organ reform to whomever would listen. His novel ideas were received with alacrity throughout most of the organ design and organ playing community of mid-twentieth century America. Assembled here for the first time are selected correspondence, essays, and lectures of Lawrence I. Phelps—all in chronological order, in which the reader observes first-hand the development of a tonal philosophy that would dominate conventional design and tonal techniques of pipe organs for decades into the future. New, fall 2025

Organ Historical Society

Lawrence Phelps, Organbuilder - In His Own Words, edited and annotated by Bynum Petty

$44.95

Stephen Pinel's 2025 book covering the Midmer & Son Organ Company, Brooklyn and Long Island, NY, from 1860-1920.

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Organ Building in Brooklyn and on Long Island; Reuben Midmer & Son, Stephen L. Pinel

$65.00

The OHS Press announces The Great Organs of the Churches of Paris by Félix Raugel. Published in French in 1927, this book has been the classic study of the great organs of the French capital. Now, for the first time, it is available in an English translation by Rollin Smith. Fifty chapters discuss these famous organs in Paris and its environs through 600 years, from the 15th to the 20th centuries, with a history of each, one or more stoplists, and copious illustrations. Free shipping in the USA; now shipping

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The Great Organs of the Churches of Paris, Félix Raugel, transl. by Dr. Rollin Smith

$44.95

Excellent monograph on historic pipe organs and their builders in upper New York state. 2014, OHS Press, 61 pgs, black/white with photos and excellent index.

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A History of Organbuilding in Syracuse, New York and Vicinity - Michael D. Friesen

$17.50

Organ-Building in Georgian and Victorian England : The Work of Gray & Davison, 1, Hardcover by Thistlethwaite, Nicholas, 552 pgs, Boydell and Brewer, 2021.
The London firm of Gray (later Gray & Davison) was one of Britain's leading organ-makers between the 1790s and the 1880s. Must-have for those interested in organ building in England during the Georgian and Victorian periods.

Organ Building in Georgian and Victorian England, Nicholas Thistlethwaite

$129.95

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

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Roosevelt facsimile

$10.00

The written documentation of the restoration effort to save the magnificent Tannenberg organ in the Home Moravian Church in Salem, North Carolina, which was completed in 1800. The historical importance of Tannenberg's organ was recognized at the time of its dismantling, and it was not destroyed, but remained in storage in various locations for 88 years. Since its restoration, nearly 200 years of the organ's history have been deciphered and analyzed. With meticulous care and understanding, the organ has been returned to its original state, musically and visually, and now stands in Old Salem as a tribute to the talent and craftsmanship of a master organ builder, David Tannenberg, and the remarkable musical achievement he created in the North Carolina backcountry.
2004; 104 pages; softbound, glossy paper

Splendid Service - The Restoration of David Tannenberg's Home Moravian Church Organ (1800)

$10.00

Paul Fischer's 2015 picture book with short essays about piano and organ builders in and around Erie, PA, between 1871-2013. Soft cover; over 90 pages

Making Music - The History of the Organ and Piano Industries in Erie, PA; Paul E. Fischer

$29.95

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