Festival of Pipes 2023

Registration is Now Open!

A Fes­ti­val of Pipes:
Build­ing Bridges, Forg­ing Friendships
 
More than three years in the plan­ning, (thanks COVID!) it is won­der­ful to remind you of the extra­or­di­nary event tak­ing place next July. Toron­to, Ontario, Cana­da, is a glob­al cen­ter for music, the arts, and fes­ti­vals. We invite you to take a peek into what promis­es to be a cul­tur­al and edu­ca­tion­al extravaganza.
Reg­is­ter Now!

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

First Come First Served

Free Shipping on USA Domestic Orders

OHSLA Annual Book Sale

Hear ye, Hear ye, read all about it.

The OHSLA Annu­al Book Sale opens to all mem­bers on Mon­day, March 20th. A link to all of the books is avail­able NOW for you to browse. When sales open, you will need the book ref­er­ence num­ber when you call 484.488.7473 to place your order.

Down­load the 2023 OHS Book Sale List now!

Down­load the Book Sale List

2023 Pipe Organ Calendar

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OHS 2023 — Festival of Pipes

Fea­tur­ing nev­er-before-pub­lished con­ven­tion instru­ment pho­tos from Toron­to, Ontario, Cana­da, and the sur­round­ing region.

Pho­tog­ra­phy by Len Levasseur

 

Instruments

  • Karn-War­ren Organ Co.
  • Gabriel Kney
  • Hell­muth Wolff & Asso­ciés 
  • Karl Wil­helm
  • R.S. Williams & Sons Co
  • S.R. War­ren & Sons
  • Wal­lace & Company
  • Casa­vant Frères Ltée
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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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Kalei­do­scope of Colors

Order your Program Book

NOW REDUCED TO ORDER FOR $20, this is the com­plete Pro­gram Book for Sum­mer 2021’s KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLORS, a vir­tu­al Con­ven­tion over five Sun­days in August that each fea­tured three instru­ments — a total of 15 pipe organs across the USA. Book includes full-col­or pho­tos, well-researched essays on each instru­ment, per­form­ers’ biogra­phies as well their com­plete, imag­i­na­tive pro­grams designed for each instru­ment, and infor­ma­tion cov­er­ing three cen­turies of pipe organ build­ing in the USA.

Order Yours Now!

Watch the Series

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OHSLA TODAY

New Episode! Stories of Ephemera (Part 1)

Bynum brings us into the Library’s col­lec­tion of ephemera.

Select the ​“Video Playlist” icon on the upper right of the video play­er to play pre­vi­ous episodes.

 

 

LIVE FROM STONELEIGH

Robert McCormick

Anoth­er install­ment in the organ recital series from the Organ His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety’s head­quar­ters in Vil­lano­va, Pennsylvania.

Select the ​“Video Playlist” icon on the upper right of the video play­er to play pre­vi­ous episodes.

 

Support the OHS

Support the OHS

Sup­port our won­der­ful programs.

 

OHS Annual
Fund Drive

Help sup­port oper­at­ing expens­es of OHS pro­grams and services.

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Sustaining Membership

Sustaining Membership

Join Today!

The OHS is pleased to offer a Sus­tain­ing Mem­ber cat­e­go­ry.  For as lit­tle as $10 per month, you can sup­port the OHS grow stronger and more respon­sive to the pipe organ com­mu­ni­ty.  OHS and you – sus­tain­ing a life­time of history.

Become a Sus­tain­ing Member

Big Things
Are Happening!

Celebrate the
re-opening
of the OHS Catalog

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OHS News

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Breaking News

OHSLA List of Books and Pamphlets Needed

OHSLA List of Books and Pamphlets Needed

Down­load a PDF of this list from the OHSLA.

Down­load the PDF now.

The Hunt for Rare Organ Books

The Hunt for Rare Organ Books

Down­load a PDF of these book from the OHSLA.

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New OHS Phone Number 484.488.PIPE (7473)

As of March 1, 2019 OHS has a brand new tele­phone num­ber to reflect our res­i­den­cy in Penn­syl­va­nia.  While the old num­ber will work for a while, please take note:

484.488.PIPE (7473). Four foots and eight foots with no mix­tures but it works!

 

Upcoming Events

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.

More about The Tracker

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.

Give A Gift Sub­scrip­tion Now!

The OHS Mission Statement

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

The Organ Historical Society

330 North Spring Mill Road
Vil­lano­va, PA 19085 – 1737
(484) 488-PIPE (7473)
mail@​organhistoricalsociety.​org

 

 

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