November 22, 2013
Chauncey Park Press has published Organs of Oberlin, by Stephen J. Schnurr, Jr. The book traces the history of the pipe organs at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and in the town of Oberlin, from the 1854 Alvinza Andrews organ in the First Congregational Church to organs that have been acquired but not yet installed on the campus.
The book includes vintage illustrations, photographs by William T. Van Pelt, Trevor Dodd, the author, and others, specifications, dedication programs, and a foreword by James David Christie. The 150-page, full-color volume is hardbound with a color dust jacket; $50 plus $5 shipping and handling, per book.
For information: organsofoberlin.com.
