The Organ Historical Society’s OHS Press announces a new book: Edwin L. Holbrook and Organbuilding in East Medway, Massachusetts ($30 hardcover; $25 softcover), by Stephen L. Pinel.
The 17th in the series, OHS Monographs in American Organ History, the volume traces the life and work of this American organbuilder of the latter half of the 19th century. It contains 40 photographs, an annotated list of instruments, several dedication programs, and two rarely seen “circulars” issued by Holbrook during the 1860s. A review is forthcoming.
Henry Erben book by Stephen L. Pinel March 9, 2021
The Organ Historical Society’s OHS Press announces the publication of
The Work-List of Henry Erben: Organ Builder in Nineteenth-Century New York, by longtime OHS archivist,
Stephen L. Pinel.
The culmination of 35 years of research, this hardbound, limited edition book of more than 600 pages tracks Erben’s work with copious annotations, documentation, and stoplists, accompanied with photography by Len Levasseur and William T. Van Pelt.
The volume also includes facsimiles of many of Erben’s published lists and catalogues, most never seen by modern historians. Signed and numbered copies can be purchased for $150.