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Lawrence was a member of the Incorporated Society of Organ Builders with a special interest in organ reform, and had built a portable chamber organ. [1] The portable organ was built from her design by Peter Collins, and was a portable concert pipe organ.
His largest organ was built for Margarete B. Parker Chapel at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. In 1980, he was elected as the first American president of the International Society of Organbuilders. After a heart attack in 1988, Otto retired from organ building decided to do a little acting. He died at the age of 82.
International Society of Organ Builders (ISO) Incorporated Society of Organ Builders (ISOB) The Professional Body of Organ Builders - Groupement Professionnel Des Facteurs D'Orgues (GPFO) The German Federation of Master Organ Builders - Der Bund Deutscher Orgelbaumeister e.V. (BDO)
The main activities of the Society include promoting an active interest in the organ and its builders, particularly those in North America, through publishing efforts, national conventions, and preservation of library and archival materials. The Society also works to encourage the historic preservation and integrity of noteworthy instruments.
In a 2007 issue of the Vox Humana newsletter, from the Incorporated Society of Organ Builders, Mark Dresden writes about a recent Trio con Brio concert: "The players are excellent musicians, well versed in their knowledge of the theater organ in general and of the Dickinson Kimball in particular. They are also well versed in the art of playing ...
Charles Brenton Fisk (February 7, 1925 – December 16, 1983) was an American pipe organ builder who was one of the first to reintroduce mechanical tracker actions in modern organ building over electro-pneumatic actions. Born in Washington D. C., he developed an early fascination with organs and electronics.
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Organ building is the profession of designing, building, restoring and maintaining pipe organs. The organ builder usually receives a commission to design an organ with a particular disposition of stops , manuals , and actions , creates a design to best respond to spatial, technical and acoustic considerations, and then constructs the instrument.