Slideshow pho­tos are a few of the pipe organs fea­tured at the OHS 2024 Bal­ti­more Convention.

OHS 2024 - Baltimore

OHS 2024

Bal­ti­more
 
Since 2017, we have been plan­ning for anoth­er great Bal­ti­more OHS con­ven­tion, thir­ty years since the pre­vi­ous gath­er­ing. Bal­ti­more was a 19th cen­tu­ry hub of Amer­i­can organ­build­ing with Roo­sevelt, Stein, Erben, Pom­plitz work­shops here and one of per­haps the least known Amer­i­can organ­builders, Hen­ry Nie­mann. Of these builders, Roo­sevelt, Stein and Nie­mann organs still exist and are on the pro­gram. Sad­ly, we mourn the loss of Pom­plitz, Erben, John­son and Nie­mann organs. Yet, we will rejoice in the restora­tion of a Nie­mann and John­son organ, both tru­ly delight­ful instruments.
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OHSLA Annual Book Sale

Hear ye, Hear ye, read all about it.

We are pleased to announce the launch of our 2024 OHS Library and Archives Spring Book Sale. For a com­plete list of items, please select the but­ton below. Our spread­sheet will be updat­ed dai­ly dur­ing the sale. To place an order or for ques­tions, please call 484/488-PIPE (7473), or Mail@​OrganHistoricalSociety.​org. We are grate­ful for your contributions!

Down­load the 2024 OHS Book Sale List now!

Down­load the Book Sale List

Dr. Rollin Smith Research Grant

​Dr. Rollin Smith Research Grant

Sponsored by the Organ Historical Society

In sup­port of its mis­sion to enrich pub­lic knowl­edge, under­stand­ing, and appre­ci­a­tion of the pipe organ, the Organ His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety invites appli­ca­tions for its 2024 OHS Research Grant. An annu­al Grant of up to $2,000 sup­ports research projects relat­ed to the pipe organ — its builders, con­struc­tion, his­to­ry, styles, recep­tion, com­posers, reper­to­ries, organ­ists, per­for­mance prac­tice, and more. The Grant may be used to cov­er trav­el, hous­ing, and oth­er research-relat­ed expens­es. The Soci­ety encour­ages all inter­est­ed per­sons to apply.

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Barbara Owen Fund

​The Barbara Owen Fund for Education

Sponsored by the Organ Historical Society

Funds from this account will be used to pro­vide free mem­ber­ship for any­one in high school or in a bachelor’s or master’s pro­gram study­ing the pipe organ. Doc­tor­al stu­dents are not eli­gi­ble. Dig­i­tal mem­ber­ships will be free for the dura­tion of their stud­ies with prop­er ver­i­fi­ca­tion. Con­tri­bu­tions to this fund help ensure a healthy, grow­ing mem­ber­ship in the OHS.

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The James M. Weaver Prize

Exciting News about the James M. Weaver Prize in Organ Scholarship 

A prize to celebrate and foster the scholarly research of pipe organs. 

View pho­tos and bios of the Final­ists and Judges.
Final­ists and Judges

The Three Finalists

Ele­na Bac­quiera, Andrew John­son, Owen Sammons

A Breath of Fresh Air

Imag­ine watch­ing a 200-year old organ, bro­ken, tat­tered, and for­got­ten com­ing to life again. Imag­ine see­ing crafts­men and his­to­ri­ans work­ing togeth­er on a neglect­ed instru­ment, restor­ing it to glo­ry piece by piece. Imag­ine gaz­ing at its trans­for­ma­tion into an his­tor­i­cal­ly accu­rate ser­vice­able organ. Now, imag­ine hear­ing that instru­ment played for the first time in generations!

You can make these imag­i­na­tions come true. Join us as we attempt to cre­ate A Breath of Fresh Air for the 1817 Hilbus Cab­i­net Organ.

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Breaking News

Pipe Organ Database Gets New Look

After months of work and devel­op­ment, the new inter­face for the OHS Pipe Organ Data­base launch­es Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 26, 2024. The entire struc­ture and tech­nol­o­gy as well as true rela­tion­al data­base pro­to­cols make it supreme­ly faster than the cur­rent inter­face. We have tried to make it user friend­ly and intu­itive. We invite your review and com­ments. ALL com­ments and updates are sent to the edit­ing team through a con­tact form and will be han­dled. Note that the search and fil­ter func­tions are exact­ly that– results are fil­tered live as you type in para­me­ters. Loca­tion name, city etc nar­row the list of results live as you type. We look for­ward to this new era of the OHS Database.

https://​pipeor​gan​data​base​.org/

 

OHS Baltimore 2024

OHS 2024Convention Site

Bal­ti­more is the place to be in July of 2024. The vari­ety of his­toric instru­ments is astound­ing cre­at­ing a sound palette sure to please even the most dis­cern­ing appetite. And the food — well, you just have to be here to expe­ri­ence it for yourself.

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The Barbara Owen Fund

The Barbara Owen Fund for Education

Sponsored by the Organ Historical Society

Funds from this account will be used to pro­vide free mem­ber­ship for any­one in high school or in a bachelor’s or master’s pro­gram study­ing the pipe organ. Doc­tor­al stu­dents are not eli­gi­ble. Dig­i­tal mem­ber­ships will be free for the dura­tion of their stud­ies with prop­er ver­i­fi­ca­tion. Con­tri­bu­tions to this fund help ensure a healthy, grow­ing mem­ber­ship in the OHS.

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The Tracker

OHS pub­lish­es its jour­nal four times a year. The Track­er includes news and arti­cles about the organ and its his­to­ry, organ­builders, exem­plary organs, region­al sur­veys of instru­ments, and the music played on the organ. The empha­sis is on Amer­i­can organ top­ics of the 18th, 19th, and 20th cen­turies, and there are occa­sion­al arti­cles on Euro­pean top­ics. Most issues run 48 pages with many illus­tra­tions and photographs.

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Dear Friend of the Organ –
A New Opportunity

Think about the plea­sure you will receive in offer­ing an OHS mem­ber­ship to a friend or rel­a­tive. You can share your love of the pipe organ and intro­duce some­one else to the good works of the Soci­ety in edu­cat­ing, pre­serv­ing and chron­i­cling our rich organ her­itage and cul­ture. Mem­ber­ships make splen­did gifts. The recip­i­ent will receive a sub­scrip­tion to our quar­ter­ly mag­a­zine, The Track­er, a spe­cial gift and all the ben­e­fits of mem­ber­ship, includ­ing mem­bers’ prices on many items in the OHS Catalog.

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The Organ His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety cel­ebrates, pre­serves, and stud­ies the pipe organ in Amer­i­ca in all its his­toric styles, through re­search, edu­ca­tion, ad­vocacy, and music.

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Vil­lano­va, PA 19085 – 1737
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