historic organs

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• - Description, photos, full specification of 1714 instrument. Profile of Gottfried Silbermann (1683-1753). Information about other Silbermann organs.
  
• - Historic and contemporary photographs, history and stoplist
  
• - Restauration of the Antegnati organ of Bellinzona
  
• - History, photographs and stoplists.
  
• - Non-profit organization that works to preserve Oaxaca's historic pipe organs. List of goals, newsletters, details of historic instruments.
  
• - Devoted to the life and work of Friedrich Ladegast (1818-1905), organ builder from Weissenfels, Germany. Membership information.
  
• - Very brief description of organ.
  
• - Extensive site about the 1868 organ at St. Bartholomew's, Armley, Leeds, UK. Organ and church history, visitor information, restoration details.
  
• - Description, history and stop lists for the world's largest pipe organ in Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  
• - Photographs, stoplist, history and directions.
  
• - A repository of documents about the historic Italian organ, such as important historical texts, out-of-print journal articles and references to significant newly- published materials or recordings.
  
• - Non-profit Belgian organization involved in small-scale organ restorations and producing publications about the organ. Details of restorations of historical organs in Belgium and Spain/Catalonia, publications about pipe organs, and an organ dictionary wit
  
• - Biography of one of the formost 17th and early 18th century organ builders, many of whose instruments still remain in use. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
  
• - The organ was originally built in 1814, the last church organ of George England. Brief history, photographs and specification.
  
• - List of pipe organs in the Philippines with descriptions and pictures.
  
• - Illustrated history and specifications of the John Wanamaker Grand Court Organ in Philadelphia's Lord & Taylor Store. Details on the historic Wanamaker Store and its founders, as well as special concerts, publications and activities.
  
• - Information about the Schijven and Metzler organs, the cathedral organist, recitals and recordings.
  
• - 1683 Schnitger organ threatened by airport runway expansion. Organ history and specifications, travel information, preservation activism details.
  
• - History, photographs and specifications of the 1877 organ.
  
• - Photos and histories of several Brazilian organs.
  
• - Schnitger bibliography, discography, and an extensive collection of information about every known instrument.
  
• - One of the few outdoor pipe organs in the world. Built by Wurlitzer. History, specifications, photographs.
  
• - History of Maastricht (NL) firm, active 1850-1899. Photos, stoplists.
  
• - Photographs and extensive history noting specification changes.
  
• - The great instrument built by Cliquot and substantially reconstructed by Cavaillé-Coll. History, specification, discography, concert schedule.
  
• - Extensive information about instruments and builders, including Casparini, Engler Gabler and J. Wagner. Also German-only description of organs in Koenigsberg, Prussia.
  
• - English/Italian site of about the 1588 Antegnait organ. Information about the church, the instrument and its builder.
  
• - Pro Musica organizes organ academy conducted by M. Radulescu of Vienna. The courses are given on the wonderful organ by J. Ahrend, the only reproduction in the West of Gottfried Silbermann. Location is in Porrentruy, Switzerland
  
• - English/French site; photos, history, list of concerts, MP3 recordings of this 1870 instrument.
  
• - Photographs and a brief history by Arthur Goulet.
  
• - Information about the historical organs of Macerata
  
• - Spec, photo and description of 1862 Wm. Johnson organ.
  
• - Information about the organ built in 1702 by Arp Schnitger.
  
• - A virtual photo gallery with original images of historical pipe organs in Europe.
  
• - History of firm with opus list, selected articles, and profile of Phelps' wife, Dame Gillian Weir.
  
• - The Official Site of the Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Philippines.
  
• - E.M. Skinner Op. 820, 1930. History by Jonathan Ambrosino, specification, many photographs.
  
• - Museum hours and information (including map), life of Silbermann, many photographs.
  
• - Page devoted to 1963 Holtkamp mechanical action organ, modelled after the original Holtkamp portativs of the 1930s.
  
• - Description of the organ and plans for restoration. Brief account of Lewis and the instruments built by his firm in Glasgow.