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The Organ Historical Society is a not-for-profit organization primarily composed of pipe organ enthusiasts interested in the instrument's design, construction, conservation and use in musical performance. The main activities of the Society include promoting an active interest in the organ and its builders, particularly those in North America, through publishing efforts, national conventions, and preservation of library and archival materials. The Society also actively works to encourage the historic preservation and integrity of noteworthy instruments. Members consider organs in their larger context, and their audiences, builders, case designs, construction, geographical distribution, history, marketing, physical attributes, sound, and voicing receive the emphasis of attention. The society is a ready resource for nonmembers seeking to discover the significance and potential avenues of restoration for instruments in their care. Formed in 1956, the headquarters, currently in Richmond, Virginia, is expected to move to Villanova, Pennsylvania in 2017. == Organ Historical Society Library and Archives == The Organ Historical Society (OHS) Library and Archives, located at the Talbott Library of the Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey, is the largest repository of organ research materials in the world. It is maintained by the Organ Historical Society with the assistance of the staff at Talbott Library, and directed by a Board of Governors, supported by a Friends of the OHS Library and Archives organization. Access is available by appointment with the Archivist. The Archives are expected to move to Villanova, Pennsylvania in 2017.〔 Included in the collection are: * 12,000 books about organs, organ building, organists, and organ music * 450 periodical titles, including the largest body of organ serials anywhere * 400 dissertations about organs, organ builders, organists, and organ music * 20,000 organ stoplists, photographs, and dedication programs * 1,500 sales brochures, catalogs, and promotional publications from hundreds of organbuilders and firms * 500 nameplates from various organbuilders and firms tools, business records, and correspondence of defunct American organ building firms * 5,000 organ postcards * 15,000 organ photographs * Records of the American Institute of Organbuilders Additionally, the OHS Library and Archives retains a records and documentation storage facility in Enfield, New Hampshire, containing thousands of cubic yards of business records and other documentation from American organ builders. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Organ Historical Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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