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president's message
Oct 01, 2009; ... STEPPING INTO A NEW OFFICE IS ALWAYS A CHALlenge after being accustomed to a previous situation, but it is a challenge that comes with bright hopes for the future, a familiarity with ongoing issues, and the natural ambition to move forward, leaving a situation better than it was found. It has ...
OHS Legacy Society Grows
Oct 01, 2009; ... Charter Membership Still Open I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE OHS LEGACY SOCIETY IS growing, and that anyone who joins before the end of 2009 will be considered a Charter Member. The OHS Legacy Society is the group formed to honor OHS members who have included the OHS in their ...
CORRECTION
Oct 01, 2009; ... CORRECTION: Douglas W. Craw has pointed out that on page 186 of the Cleveland ATLAS it is stated that "the late Samuel Koontz moved the console of the Skinner organ of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary to the sanctuary floor ...
Pittsburgh Organ History: The Other Carnegie Music Halls
Oct 01, 2009; ... DURING THE PITTSBURGH OHS CONVENTION IN 2010, WE WILL gather in Carnegie Music Hall, part of the main library/museum complex located in the Oakland section of the city, to discuss the history of the now-unplayable 126-rank AeolianSkinner organ. The Pittsburgh area has, or had, four other ...
Glimpses of the American Organ and Its Use, 1820-1850
Oct 01, 2009; ... DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, OPPOsition to organs in worship in the United States was diminishing. After praising the use of the organ in Europe, William S. Porter, in 1834, described the progress made in its American acceptance: Most of the protestant churches on the ...