RESOURCES:
Informative, Entertaining & Helpful Pipe Organ Links
ORGANIZATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
American Guild of Organists: The national organists’ professional organization and publishers of The American Organist magazine
Central Arizona Chapter: The AGO chapter within our region that supports the Phoenix area
Southern Arizona Chapter: The AGO chapter within our region that supports the Tuscon area
The Organ Historical Society: An international group dedicated the the enjoyment and preservation of antique organs and their music. Publisher of The Tracker magazine.
The American Theatre Organ Society: A national group of theatre pipe organ enthusiasts
The Organ Clearing House: Pipe organs needing new homes and available for purchase
The Diapason: Monthly print magazine devoted to the organ in the United States
Choir and Organ: A British print magazine devoted to the organ and choral music
Het Orgel Magazine Site: A Dutch magazine devoted to the organ and the oldest organ publication in Europe.
PIPE ORGAN BROADCASTS
Pipedreams: From Minnesota Public Radio, a weekly FM radio program showcasing the pipe organ, broadcast locally every Sunday evening at 8 pm on KCNV FM 89.7
LISTEN ONLINE
OrganLive: Organlive is a listener-supported, streaming internet audio station with a focus on music of the classical organ.
All of Bach: The Netherlands Bach Society performs and records all of Bach’s works and shares them with the world online for free. Each week spotlights a different work.
At the Organ: Is a podcast series about the classical organ and its music
The Organ Experience: The Organ Experience is a production of the Organ Media Foundation. They play 30 minute to 2 hour blocks of related classical organ music.
ORGAN RELATED PRODUCTS
Organ Historical Society E-Store: An online source for organ music CDs, DVDs, books and sheet music
Organ Master Shoes: A family-owned business which high quality shoes for the organists
NOTABLE PIPE ORGAN BUILDERS
Austin Organs Inc: Hartford, Connecticut
Bigelow and Company: American Fork, UT
Robert I. Coulter: Atlanta, GA
Nichols & Simpson: Little Rock, Arkansas
Stuart Organ Company: Binghampton, NY
Rudolph von Beckerath Orgelbau: Hamburg, Germany
PIPEORG-L Organ builders list: A comprehensive, worldwide list of organ builders from PIPEORG-L which is an electronic mailing list whose members discuss musical, technical and historical aspects of organs of all kinds.
PLEASE VISIT THESE BUSINESSES WHICH SUPPORTED OUR CHAPTER’S RECENT 50th ANNIVERSARY
Southern Arizona Chapter of the AGO
Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists
INTERESTING LINKS:
Atlantic City Convention Hall Organs: The preservation & restoration of the world’s largest pipe organ
TheaterSeatStore, a home theater seating website, features a theatre organ blog with some history and other interesting information
Friends of the Wanamaker Organ: Located in the historic Macy’s Department Store in downtown Philadelphia
