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• - The Pipe Organ, a description in two parts: "The organ and how it works" and "The History of the Organ"
  
• - Catalog sales division of the Organ Historical Society. Sells pipe organ related books, CDs, videos and sheet music. Site is fully searchable.
  
• - A beginner's guide to the organ: how it works, a glossary of terms and a list of further resources.
  
• - CDs of world famous pipe organs. Documentary series "Great Organbuilders of America" features the work of Aeolian-Skinner.
  
• - The physics behind the sound of organ pipes and whistles.
  
• - Commercial site of Peterson Electro-Musical Products (see entry in Organs: Builders) advocating the retention, rebuilding and reconstruction of pipe organs.
  
• - A primer for church organ committees. Part of an organ builder's site, but is objective and informative.
  
• - Large collection of website links to pipe organs sites and related keyboard musical instruments.
  
• - Göteborg University center for study and research into all aspects of the organ art and the organ instrument--interpretation of the music of different periods, improvisation, research into pre-industrial organbuilding, studies of sources.
  
• - List of links to organ builders, and organists' associations.
  
• - Dutch/English site for magazine published by the Royal Dutch Association of Organists. Recent articles, list of editors, subscription information.
  
• - Resources for organists, organ lovers and figure skaters.
  
• - Companion site to the popular radio program. Schedule, list of radio outlets, details of instruments featured.
  
• - Organ designs and proposals by builders, performers and commentators; an account of the organ in literature; essays on music and organ design; specification of the "Liber Organum", an 8,276 stop [sic] dream organ.
  
• - Search a database of pipe organ events around the world. Concerts, festivals, masterclasses. Original reviews and essays.
  
• - Description, photographs and sound samples of an organ with 48 pipes to the octave.
  
• - Sound samples, photo gallery.
  
• - Publisher of books about the pipe organ, as well as music, journals and CDs.
  
• - A comprehensive encyclopedia of organ stops. Construction details, examples, and sound files.