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2021 Travel-OrgueFeaturing never before published convention instrument photos from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.
PHOTOGRAPHY LEN LEVASSEUR THE ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY JULY 17–22, 2022 IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ORGANBUILDERS ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY TORONTO July 2–6, 2023
MESSAGE FROM CEO ED MCCALL
GREETINGS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. of meetings, conventions, ceremonies, The good news remains that both A hopeful heart appeals for a year even family events.” stellar events have been re-scheduled of renewal, rebuilding, and restored As you well know, the 2020 con- for 2022 and 2023, respectively. Local health throughout the land. In July of vention slated for Columbus, Ohio committee planning teams are eager 2020 I wrote the following message to and environs was postponed by to re-start coordinating the myriad all members of the OHS: two years in early April. It was a de- details that form the basis of any suc- “We have come to realize and rec- cision made in the best interests of cessful event. For this, we are deeply ognize the true heroes of our commu- our members given the extraordi- appreciative. nities, the people who think and act in nary spread of Covid-19. In mid-Sep- Since the outbreak began, the ways that are bigger than themselves; tember, a similar decision was made management team at the OHS con- the people who endure and persevere to postpone the joint conference be- tinued to pursue programs and ini- for the sake of others. Let us ensure that tween the OHS and the AIO slated tiatives that further our mission: that these heroes among us know, feel, and for Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Both is to celebrate, preserve and study hear our collective gratitude for their decisions were difficult pills to swal- the pipe organ in America through selflessness! The pandemic has affected low. We all long for the happiness research, education, advocacy, and the way we interact with each other. of shared experiences, glorious in- music. One-hundred and sixty-nine Social distancing, the wearing of masks, struments, inspiring performances, reel-to-reel tapes recorded by E. and restrictions on large gatherings and the renewal of long-standing Power Biggs are being carefully re- puts immense pressure on the planning friendships. stored and digitized. The archives of Virgil Fox, the American Theatre Or- leigh featuring the Aeolian-Skinner, ers will be treated to an hour of glo- gan Society and the American Organ Opus 878. rious music in venues that would be Institute are now safely secured by Perhaps the most exciting and rel- impossible to achieve at one in-per- the Library and Archives of the OHS. evant news item for 2021 is our plan son convention. Plan to attend one or A cabinet pipe organ (one of only for a virtual convention scheduled for all the evening performances and let three in existence) built by Jacob Hil- late July/early August. This will be a your friends know about it in advance. bus ca. 1841 is currently being com- must-attend event! Check our website and/or the monthly pletely restored by the Parsons Or- A Kaleidoscope of Colors will fea- newsletter OH! for more details about gan Company with Scot Huntington ture ten instruments from across the broadcast dates and times. serving as historian. OHSLA Today, a country, played by organists who know On behalf of the Board of Directors new video series premiering on the the instrument well and can demon- and the OHS management team, I wish OHS website features hidden gems strate its tonal variety. Each 30-min- you and your family a safe, healthy, from this world-class collection. And ute recital will include a brief history and prosperous New Year! May we all finally, Stoneleigh LIVE presents won- of the organ, a review of its stop list appreciate the most important things derful organists presenting mini-re- and an introduction to the repertoire. in life and celebrate a slow return to citals from the great hall of Stone- Over five consecutive evenings, view- community and togetherness.
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ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help ~ Boston Geo. S. Hutchings Opus 410, 1897 December 2020 February 2021
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ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG Pilgrim Congregational Church UCC ~ Cleveland Farrand & Votey Opus 719, 1894 January 2021 March 2021
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ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus ~ Cleveland William Schuelke Organ Co. Opus S-210, 1910 February 2021 April 2021
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ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG Armed Forces Retirement Home ~ Washington, D.C. Stevens & Jewett 1863 March 2021 May 2021
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ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG Trinity United Methodist Church ~ McLean, Virginia Henry Erben 1850 April 2021 June 2021
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HE OHS PRESS is pleased to announce The Work-List of Tthe publication of The Work-List of Henry Erben: Organ Builder in Nineteenth-Century New York by Henry Erben long-time OHS archivist, Stephen L. Pinel. The For information on how to obtain your culmination of 35 years of research, this hard- copy, please call Marcia Sommers at the bound, limited edition tracks his work with co- pious annotations, documentation, and stoplists, OHS office in Villanova, Pennsylvania. accompanied with spectacular photography by 484.488.PIPE(7473) Len Levasseur and William T. Van Pelt.
ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG St. Paul R.C. Cathedral ~ Pittsburgh Rudolf von Beckerath 1962 May 2021 July 2021
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ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG St. Dominic’s R.C. Church ~ Washington, D.C. Hilborne L. Roosevelt Opus 290, 1885 June 2021 August 2021
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ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG St. Mary’s R.C. Church ~ Westfield, Massachusetts Casavant Frères, Limitée Opus 78, 1897 July 2021 September 2021
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ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG First Unitarian Church ~ Pittsburgh Wirsching Organ Co. 1904 August 2021 October 2021
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ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG Temple Rodef Shalom ~ Pittsburgh W.W. Kimball Co. 1907 September 2021 November 2021
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ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG Cathedral of the Holy Cross ~ Boston E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Opus 801, 1875 October 2021 December 2021
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ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG Saint Francis of Assisi ~ Fair Haven, Connecticut E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings No. 750, 1874 November 2021 January 2022
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This organ was prominently featured at the 1975 and 1994 Connecti- 1 2 3 4 cut conventions. It was originally built for the Davenport Congregation- al Church, later St. Casimir’s Lithuanian Church R.C. When that church closed, the organ was miraculously relocated a few blocks away in the Fair Haven section of the city of New Haven, and received restorative conservation by S.L. Huntington & Co. in 2010. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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HOOK & HASTINGS HOOK & HASTINGS THOMAS HALL D.A. FLENTROP NO. 1417, 1889 NO. 1171, 1883 1823 1966
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ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help ~ Boston Pilgrim Congregational Church UCC ~ Cleveland Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus ~ Cleveland Armed Forces Retirement Home ~ Washington, D.C. Geo. S. Hutchings Opus 410, 1897 Farrand & Votey Opus 719, 1894 Wilhelm Schuelke Organ Co. Opus S-210, 1910 Stevens & Jewett 1863
Trinity United Methodist Church ~ McLean, Virginia St. Paul R.C. Cathedral ~ Pittsburgh St. Dominic’s R.C. Church ~ Washington, D.C. St. Mary’s R.C. Church ~ Westfield, Massachusetts Henry Erben 1850 Rudolf von Beckerath 1962 Hilborne L. Roosevelt Opus 290, 1885 Casavant Frères, Limitée Opus 78, 1897
First Unitarian Church ~ Pittsburgh Temple Rodef Shalom ~ Pittsburgh Cathedral of the Holy Cross ~ Boston Saint Francis of Assisi ~ Fair Haven, Connecticut Wirsching Organ Co. 1904 W.W. Kimball Co. 1907 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Opus 801, 1875 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings No. 750, 1874
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OHS advocacy, and music. 2021 Travel-OrgueFeaturing never before published convention instrument photos from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.
PHOTOGRAPHY LEN LEVASSEUR Visit organhistoricalsociety.org or call 484.488.PIPE (7473) today.
Calendar Credits Photography and Calendar Design ~ Len Levasseur
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2021 CONVENTION CALENDAR © ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
COVER PHOTO: Cathedral of the Holy Cross ~ Boston E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings ~ Opus 801, 1875 OrganHistoricalSociety.org