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

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

Organ Historical Society

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

$44.95