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The Society will prevent or prosecute any use of its material to imply endorsement or discredit; misuse of the name THE TRACKER; misuse of the name THE ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE TRACKER is a registered trademark. Copyright 2005, the Organ Historical Society, Inc. ISSN: 0041-0330. • • BY LAURENCE LIBIN op1n1on VOLUME 49, NUMBER 3 THE SUMMERTRACKER 2005 Organ History, with Strings Attached usicologists outside our field commonly regard organ historical studies as insular, In This Issue: if not irrelevant. Fair or not, such criticism needs to be taken seriously because this perception infects students and contributes to a general lack of interest in old organsM and their music. Too often, in fact, nearsighted organ historians do overlook con­ 10 nections that could spark wider attention while enlightening our own endeavors. HARRISON'S FORGOTTEN One blind spot in our vision is the once intimate relationship of organ building to the AMERICAN CLASSIC: AEOLIAN- design and construction of stringed keyboard instruments. By the late nineteenth century SKINNER'S OPUS 953 FOR industrial specialization had largely divorced these occupations, although even after 1900 a STRONG AUDITORIUM AT THE few firms such as Estey and Kimball produced both organs and pianos; but those companies UNIVERSITYby