28 Landmark Pipe Organs Spanning 200 Years of Music History in the Columbus, Ohio area.

Organs include Skinner, Kimball, Fritts, John Brown, Klais, and Robert Morton. Joseph McCabe is chair for the event.

Visit the OHS website at https://organhistoricalsociety.org/ for more information.

An introductory, hands-on, training seminar exploring aspects of tuning, voicing, and solid-state components. Participating hosts are Schantz Organ Company, A.R. Schopp’s Sons, and Peterson Electro-Musical Products. Registrants will work directly with knowledgeable instructors from the host firms. Registration is limited to 12 participants, and is first-come, first-served.

Location: Schantz Organ Company, Orrville OH. For more information, contact Schantz at 330-682-6065 or email v.schantz@schantzorgan.com.

This is not an AIO sponsored event.

For more information, see www.international-organbuilders.com/congress

The 2020 AIO convention in Atlantic city featuring organs in the Atlantic City and Philadelphia area.

Organs to be visited include the Midmer-Losh organ in Boardwalk Hall, the largest organ in the world. Chamber tours, performances, and lectures will feature this landmark instrument as well as the Kimball organ. Side trips include a visit to Philadelphia and the other “largest organ”, the Wanamaker’s.

The convention hotel is the Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel with an AIO special room rate of $139/night.

Links to hotel registration will be available in late spring and convention registration will begin in Summer 2020.

Nathan Bryson is chair of the local convention committee.

Professional Development Seminar for the Emergent Organbuilder. Held in conjunction with the OHS and APOBA. This will begin immediately following the AIO Annual Convention in Atlantic City.

Seminar location is Stoneleigh, 330 North Spring Mill Road, Villanova PA 19085. Contact OHS for seminar information. organhistoricalsociety.org