OHS members may join as many chapters as they wish. Several chap­ ters publish excellent newsletters with significant scholarly content. Chapter and Newsletter, Editor, Membership Foundin� Date and Annual Address (*Date jomed OHS) Membership Boston Organ Club, Newslettei, E. A. Alan Laufman 1965, 1976 * Boadway, $5 Box 104, Harrisville, NH 03450 British Columbia, to be announced Douglas H. Adams 1983 4023 Cavallin Ct Victoria. BC V8N 5P9 Canada Central New York, The Coupler, $5 Culver Mowers 2371 Slaterville Rd., Box 1976 130, Brooktondale, NY 14817 Chicago-Midwest, The Stopt Diapason, Julie Stephens Susan R. Friesen, $8 520 W. 47th St., Western 198 0 Springs, IL 60558 Eastern Iowa, 1982 to be announced J oseIJh Adam 5301/2 E. Church St Iowa City, IA 52240 The Organ Historical Greater New York The Keraulophon, Alan Laufman (as City, 1969 John Ogasapian, $5 above) Society, Inc. Greater St. Louis, The Cypher, Eliza- John D. Phillippe 1975 beth Schmitt, $5 4336 DuPage Dr. P.O. Box 26811, Richmond, Virginia 23261 Bridgeton, MO 63044 Telephone at Millersville, Pennsylvania (717) 872-5190 Hilbus (Washington- Where the Tracker Peter Ziegler Baltimore), 197 0 Action Is, Carolyn 14300 Medw1ck Ct , Upper Marlboro, MD Fix, $4 20870 The National Council Mid-Hudson (New The Whistlebox, June Marvel York), 1978 Robert Guenther, $3 Crown Hill Rd Officers Wappingers Falls, NY Stephen Long ................................. .... President 12590 18 Merriam Avenue. Shrewsbury, MA 01545 New Orleans, 1983 The Swell Shoe, Ann Rachelen Lien Dana Hull .................................... Vice President H. Turner, $5 JOJO Nashville Ave., 1407 East Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 New Orleans, LA 70JJ5 David M. Barnett ......................... , .. .....Treasurer Pacific-Northwest The Bellows Signal, David Ruberg 423 N Stafford Ave , Richmond, VA 23220 1976 Beth Barber, $3 Box 2354 James R. McFarland ........................... ..... Secretary Seattle, WA 98111 114 N George St., Millersville, PA 17551 Pacific-Southwest The Cremona, Sharon Stephen Baker 1978 Bailey, $4 512 S. Ivy Ave. Councillors (all terms expire 1985) Monrovia, CA 91016 Barbara Owen ..................Councillor for Historical Concerns South Carolina, 1979 Newsletter, $5 Kristin Johnson 28 Jefferson Street, Newburyport, MA 01950 3917 Montgomery St Kristin G. Johnson ......... Councillor for Research & Publications Columbia, SC 29205 3917 Montgomery St , Columbia, SC 29205 South Texas (The The Well-Tempered W. P. Cunningham San Antonio Pipe Communique, $15 235 Sharon Dr. Manuel Rosales . .. .. .. .Councillor for Finance & Development San Antonio, TX 78216 160 N Glendale Blvd , Los Angeles, CA 90026 Organ Society), 1979, Roy Redman .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ Councillor for Education 198 0* 2742 Avenue H, Fort Worth, TX 76105. Tannenberg (Central The Dieffenbuch, James McFarland Scott Kent ................. Councillor for Organizational Concerns Pa.), 1976 Raymond Brunner, 114 N. George St. 6 Ledgewood Road, Wilmington, MA 01887 $5 Millersville, PA 17551 Raymond Brunner ......................Councillor for Conventions Virginia, 1979 to be announced 2729 Sherwood Lane, Lancaster, PA 17603 OHS Staff William T. Van Pelt ........................... Executive Director THE TRACKER® is published four times a year by the Organ Histori­ Rt 8, Box 853, Glen Allen, VA 23060 cal Society, Inc., a non-profit, educational organization. Stephen L. Pine! ....................................... Archivist Princeton Arms Apt 71N, Cranbury, NJ 08512 Annual membership dues (including THE TRACKER): Regular members, $22.00 (over age 65, full-time students, and additional mem­ THE TRACKER® Staff ber in a household $18.00J; Contributing members $35.00; Sustaining Susan R. Werner Friesen .................................. Editor members $50.00; Patrons $1 00.00; Benefactors $250.00. 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Recital Series Christ Church. 25 Central St , Andover, MA 01810 0041-0330. 2 Volume 28, Number 3, 1984 COVER - J. Paul Schneider of Okemus, Mi., made a photographic copy of this postcard photograph of an 1881 Granville Wood & Son organ THE TRACI<ER purchased for $875 from the Detroit firm by First Congregational Church JOURNAL OF THE ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY of Altamont, Mi., and dismantled in 1943. A survey of postcards begins on page 21. Articles A Survey of American Patents in Organ Building .............................•..... 11 David H. Fox Lists 542 Patents by 288 Inventors Post Card Organs ..............................................................21 106 Cards Collected from Members Aid Research, by Bill Van Pelt Organ Postcard Spurs Research at Central Moravian Church .......................... 2 7 The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Congregation is Examined by Dr. John Speller Post-Centennial American Organ History in Microcosm .............................. 29 Homer Taylor Celebrates 50 Years as Organist, Provides Organ History of his Church, by Bill Van Pelt Departments Letters to the Editor . 4 Reviews. .......................................................................4 Organ Upd.ate. ..................................................................6 Minutes and Treasurer's Report ••••••..••..••••.•.•.•.•.•.......•••.••..•.•......31 Who are We Saving Them For? t the very last moment, a crew moves into the church vestment must be made in today. This may have reciprocal working feverishly, perhaps even into the night, care­ effects in that it could encourage organists to continue their Afully removing and marking the partsjust steps ahead of education on an advanced level. the wrecker's ball. Another organ saved! It will be lovingly Thirdly, education of the congregation and community must restored, documented, and put into service at another location occur. One of the best ways to achieve this is with recitals. to serve another hundred years. Or will it? Encourage the churches to open their doors to a public recital for the community. Even with limited funds or sometimes none One after another, we hear of colleges or universities dissolv­ at all it is possible to find someone who would enjoy the oppor­ ing or scaling back their organ departments and even some­ tunity to play. (Much talk has also taken place on the issue of times their music departments in recent months. No students. playing recitals free or with inadequate pay, which is also not No need for the faculty. Chapter newsletters of the American the point here.) Such may be the only means to helping ensure Guild of Organists contain long lists of church job openings. No that an organ is appreciated or that people know it has value. organists available. Poor work situations. Low pay. Unac­ Also, such occasions help