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Information or research assistance regarding reed organs
is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The following
information has been prepared to assist those interested in this topic.
Earl, S.G. Repairing the Reed Organ and Harmonium.
Braintree, MA: The Organ Literature Foundation, undated.
Gellerman, Robert F. The American Reed Organ: Its History,
How It Works, How to Rebuild It. Vestal, NY: Vestal Press, 1973.
________. The American Reed Organ and the Harmonium: A Treatise
on Its History, Restoration and Tuning. Vestal, NY: Vestal Press,
1996.
Givens, Larry. "Reed Organs." In Rebuilding
the Player Piano, 135-44. Vestal, NY: Vestal Press, 1963.
Marcuse, Sibyl. Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive
Dictionary. 1964. Reprint. New York: Norton, 1975.
Michel, Norman E. Michel's Organ Atlas: Organs, Melodeons,
Harmoniums, Church Organs, Lap Organs, Barrel Organs. Pico Rivera,
CA: by the author, 1969.
Milne, H.F. The Reed Organ: Its Design and Construction.
1930. Reprint. Braintree, MA: The Organ Literature Foundation, 1970.
Presley, Horton. Restoring and Collecting Antique Reed
Organs. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: G/L Tab Books, 1977.
Randel, Don Michael, ed. The New Harvard Dictionary
of Music. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
1986.
Sachs, Curt. The History of Musical Instruments.
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1940.
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrell, John, eds. The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 29 vols. London, New York: Oxford
University Press, 2001.
Scholes, Percy Alfred. The Oxford Companion to Music.
London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1938.
Tuning, Care, and Repair of Reed and Pipe Organs.
1906. Reprint. Vestal, NY: Vestal Press, 1968.
Williams, Peter F., and Barbara Owen. The New Grove
Organ. New York: Norton, 1988.
Further information may be obtained from:
The Reed Organ Society of America
http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmah/reedorg.htm
Organ Literature Foundation
45 Norfolk Rd.
Braintree, MA 02184
Phone: 781-848-1388
E-Mail: organlitfnd@juno.com
Prepared by the Division of Music, Sports and
Entertainment in cooperation with the
Public Inquiry Mail Service, Smithsonian Institution
PIMS/MUS14/02-06
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