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Organ Historical Society. The Organ Historical Society is a not-for-profit organization primarily composed of pipe organ enthusiasts interested in the instrument's design, construction, conservation and use in musical performance. Formed in 1956, the headquarters moved from Richmond, Virginia, to Villanova, Pennsylvania, in 2017. [1] [2]
At the 1979 centennial of the organ, the Organ Historical Society cited the instrument as having "particular historical" merit. With the exception of an electric blower, the instrument is almost completely as originally installed. A Complete list of organs built by E & G. G. Hook & Hastings has been published by the Organ Historical Society.
449 ranks. 33,451 pipes [5] The largest pipe organ ever built, based on number of pipes. It weighs approximately 150 tons. Most of the organ has not functioned since 1944; a partial restoration in 1998 was largely reversed by construction damage during a renovation of the Boardwalk Hall shortly afterwards.
The Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ, known also as the Midmer-Losh and the Poseidon, is the pipe organ in the Main Auditorium of the Boardwalk Hall (formerly known as the Atlantic City Convention Hall) in Atlantic City, New Jersey, built by the Midmer-Losh Organ Company. It is the largest organ in the world, as measured by the number of pipes ...
Virgil Fox. Virgil Keel Fox (May 3, 1912 in Princeton, Illinois – October 25, 1980 in Palm Beach, Florida) was an American organist, known especially for his years as organist at Riverside Church in New York City, from 1946 to 1965, and his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" concerts of the music of Bach in the 1970s, staged complete with light shows. [1]
Barbara J. Owen (born January 25, 1933) is an American organist and organ scholar. Born in Utica, New York, Owen attended Westminster Choir College, studying organ and receiving a bachelor's degree in music in 1955; [1] from Boston University in 1962 she received her master's degree, in musicology. [2]
The American Classic Organ: A History in Letters — Charles Callahan published by The Organ Historical Society, 1990; The Modern Organ-- Ernest M. Skinner published by the H.W. Gray Co., 1917; The Composition of the Organ, an organ building primer written by Skinner, originally planned for release in 1951, but completed by his son Richmond and ...
The Organ Historical Trust of Australia (OHTA) is a national organisation which works towards: the protection, conservation and restoration of pipe organs in Australia, the preservation of records pertaining to their history, the promotion of organ repertoire and organ playing to the general public, and. the encouragement of scholarly research ...