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OHS American Organ Archives at Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey Members may join any number of chapters. Chapters, Newsletter, Editor, Membership Founding Date & Annual Dues Inquiries Boston Organ Club Alan Laufman 1965, '76 OHS Charter Uox 104 Harri�villc, NH 03450 Central New York, The Coupler, Phil Williams 1976 Cullie Mowers, $5 Box F Ilt:mscn, NY 134.18 Chicago Midwest, The Stopt Diapa1011, Ju lie Stephens 1980 George J, Horwath& Ill South C.uhnin<' La Grnnge, ti. 60)l'i The Organ Historical Society Robert Voves, $15 Eastern Iowa, l 982 New1/etter, August Knoll Post OfficeBox 26811, Richmond, Virginia 23261 Dennis Ungs, $7.50 Box 486 Vlhe.itland. JA 'il.777 (804)353-9226 FAX (804)353-9266 Florida. 1998 The Rackboard David C. Scribner e-maiJ: <[email protected]> web: www. organsociety.org www.ohs-tlorida.org Henry Vollenweider, $8 �775 Balmoral Dr : ww,.1,•.ohscatalo .or Pcns:icob. FL 32104 online G1talog g g [email protected] Greater New York Alan Lautman City, 1969 Box 104 The National Council Harrisville. NH 03450 TERM Greater St. Louis, The Cypher, Eliza- John D. Phillippe EXPIRES Officers and Councillors 1975 beth Schmitt. $5 .�901 Triple Cro,\n Dr� Barbara Owen •.... , .....•, , . , ................... ...... President (1999) Colnmbi.i,� ·10 6520[2--+814 2fi Jeffersun S1., Newhurypon, MA 019'50 Harmony Society Claria11a, The Rev. John Walt Adkins (Western PA & Ohio Cawkins, $5 -476Firs1 St. Scot Huntington ...........................•... Vice-President (2001) Hc:idelOCrg, PA 15I06 .H Summi:rSt , Wcs1crly. IU 02891 Valley), I 990 Mark Brombaugh ...........•..........•.......•.......... Secrernrv ( 1999) Hilbus (Washington­ Wh ere the Tracker Action ls, Ruth Charters Uniced Chun.:h onthe Green, 323 Temple SL., New H;1ven, CT 0651 I Baltimore), 1970 Gerald Lolmaugh. $8 66 17 Brnwnc:rSt McLe.in, VA 21102 David M. 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MI -18124 Peter Sykes .....................•......•, •.Councillor for Publications (2001) -H Boynton St , Boston, MA02 1 30-3209 Mid-Hudson, New York, TheWhistlebox, Stuart L. Ballinger 1978 11 Lown Ct. [email protected] Ri chard Walker. , ................Councillor for Finance & Development (1999) Poughkeepsie, NY 126lB-B21 P. 0. Box 170. Hurricane, WV 25516 New Orleans, 1983 The Swell Shoe. Rachelen Lien Russel Deroche, $10 1110 Nashville Avenue OHS Staff New Orie.ins,w\ 70UJ '1 William T Van Pelt ..............••..•.......... .......Executive Director Pacific-Northwest, The Bellows Signal, David Ruberg 3217 Brook Rd.. Richmond, VA 23227 (80�) 353-9226 1976 Beth Barber Box 2354 Sc:aulc, WA98 111 Tom Johnson .........•..•• , , .....Administrative Assistant & Order Processing Jerry D. Morton ..••...................••• , ....Admini stration & Publications Pacific-Southwest, The Cremona Manuel Rosales 1978 I i37 �1alc111.1n Aw. Stephen L. Pinel. .....................•..•........, ....... .......Archivist Los Angeles, CA 90026 62'J Edison Dr.. Ease Windsoc, NJ OH120 (6091 448-8427 SP!NEL(ll)WORLDNETATf NET South Carolina, 1979 Newsletter. to be Kristin Farmer announced 3060 Fr:ilernityChurch Rel THE TRA CKE, R® Staff Wins1on-Salcm, NC 27107 John K. Ogasapian .....................•............• , .............Edi tor Tannenberg The Dieffenbuch, James McFarland Jerry D. Morton •.•••......... ..•••...............••.•.... Managing Editor (Central Pa.), 1976 John L. Speller, $5 114 N. George S1. Millersville. PA 17551 William T. Van Pelt •...........................•. , ............. Production Die Wi11e1fliitc, Phyllis Frankenstein Susan & Michael Friesen, Alan Laufman, Elizabeth T, Schmitt Wisconsin, 1988 David Bohn, $5 1253 Ri,•erton D1. Stephen Pine], William Van Pelt .....•• , •..., ........ Editorial Advisory Board Ml1kwan:1n�o. \,\'] 53149 THET RACKER@ is published four times a year by the Organ Historical Society, Inc., a non-profi� educational Committees organization. The Organ Historical Society "application to mail at periodical pending approval at Richmond VA Robert Zanca .......................•.................... Biggs Fellowship 23232-9998." POSTMASTER: Send address changes to OHS, P. 0. Box 2681 J, Richmond, VA23261. 41 U Tchoupitoulas St. !\'cwOrleans, LA 70115 RGERARD@)AOLCOM Advertisers may address inquiries to the Managing Editor. Advertise-ments in no way Alan M. Laufman •..•......••......................Convention Coordinator imply OHS endorsement of goods or services. P 0. Box 104, H,11risville, NH 03450 Editorial correspondence and articles to be considered for publication may be addressed to the OHS Offices. Responsibility for facts and opinions expressed in articles rests upon the Kristin Farmer ......................... , ...Assistant Convention Coordinator authors and not upon the Organ Historical Society, Inc. All material accepted for publication 3060 Fr;:itermty Church Rd,, Winston-S:ilcm, NC 27107 in THE TRACKER becomes the property of the Organ Historical Society, Inc., and cannot Bridget Chatterley .......•• .•..... 1999 Convention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada be returned. Material published in THE TRACKER may not be reproduced without ! 132 de b Visitlllion,f\,fonlrcal, Quebec. c�nada H2L 3C7 l l 2127.2,;oo@comruse:rve.eom permission of the Editor. THE ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY is not obligated to any commercial interest. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt ............ , ..•.•....... OHS Pipe Organ Database There is no intention to discredit or recommend any existing organ manufactory or concern. I IOU foycc, Rolla, MO 65401 SCJ-JMITT(r"tUMI{ EDU No such information inferred, implied, or construed in any form may be used in advertising or for any commercial purpose. The Society will take all steps to prevent or prosecute any John K. Ogasapian ...........•. ... OHS American Organ Archives Fellowship Durgin 2Ji, Universi� of Massachusetts - Lowdl 0]854 such use of its material, the name THE TRACKER, or the name THE ORGAN · HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE TRACKER® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©1992 Mary Gifford •....................., ..••.••.•........•...., Organ Citation The Organ Historical Society, Inc. ISSN: 0041- 0330. 80 N !vtaldr:nAve . L.1Gr;rngl'. IL 6052'1 1708) 35-1-5290 Scott Carpenter • ........... ..... ........ • ......• • . .... ..... Recital Series 806 Madison Avenue, Wimton-S.ilcm, NC 27103 (336) 748-93'14 Cecil Adkins, Beth Alice Bullard, William Gatens, John Ogasapian, Lee Orr, John Panning, Marilyn Stulken, William T. Van Pelt Peter Sykes, Councillor & Chair ..................... ,.Research & Publications Jon Moyer .... , . , ............. ...........• • .....••.....Slide-Tape Program 204 W Earlc St. Grcrnvillc, SC 2tJ609 2 Volume 43, Number 1, 1999 COVER: In 1909, Montre,1/ photographer Win. otrnan & on made tfiis Image of tll organ btlift fc � St. <:;abrie/1Presbyterian · hur h on t. Catllerine Street in Montreal in 1878/79 /J . R. V\1.,1rren & ·on. THE TRACI<ER K.iirl Raudseppprovide an, vervi w f the Warren dyna ty of organ­ JOURNAL OF THE ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY builders ;ind musi ian on page 9. The author fottnd th pictur In ·t/J · ot.man PhotoBrapllic Archives at th ·McCord Mu uem of Cana­ dian Hi to,y in Monuea/. The Warrens . 9 Montreal Organbuilder S. R. Warren and His Family of William T. Van Pelt Organbuilders and Musicians Are Explored by Karl Raudsepp f URTHER OPINION Response . 1 3 Attacked for the Incomplete Organ at Montreal's Notre Dame The Hooks and Thuringia S. R. Warren Publishes a Defense in 1863 ARALD VOGEL WRITES in the current issue of the Westfield Obituaries. 5 Newsletter that the new restoration of the G. H. Trost organ Review ............. 5 built 1724-30 at Waltershausen in the Thuringian region of Organ Update. 6 H the former East Germany reveals it to be an ideal Bach organ. Un­ Index to The Tracker, Volume 42 27 like the brilliant North German organs of Arp Schnitger's earlier Minutes ........... ..........31 generation and the powerful organs of Bach's contemporary Gott­ fried Silbermann that also hold the title of "ideal Bach organ," the OPINION John K. Ogasapian mild and elegant Trost organ now reigns because 1) it and others in its style were known to Bach and admired by him; 2) its plenum is much less brilliant and thus easier to endure over many minutes Some Pre-- and Post-­ of musical declaration; and 3) despite the less brilliant plenum, the sound is crystal clear and ideal for counterpoint. OHS will visit it in Convention Summer Reading July during the fifth OHS European Organ Tour. I disgorged my "Opinion" (The Tracker 42:2) that no better or­ gans have been built in the world than mid-19th-century American UMERISICUMENIN," as the song goes,
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