There was a recent request for sources of organ parts.  A recent issue
of "The American Organist" doesn't yield much info, but in a recent
"Diapason" there are the following advertizements. These are all
the companies that advertized as suppliers.
 
1. Organ Supply Industries, Box 8325, Erie, PA, 16505, 814-835-2244.
2. Durst Pipe Organ and Supply Company, 817 Old Boones Creek Road,
   Jonesbourough, TN, 37659, 615-753-4521.
3. Tracker Tool Company, c/o Roche Organ Company, Inc., 799 W. Water Street,
   Tauton, MA, 02780
4. Columbia Organ Leathers, 915 Lancaster Ave., Columbia, PA, 17512,
   800-423-7003.
5. Peterson Electro-Musical Products Inc, 11601 S. Mayfield Ave.,
   Worth IL, 60482, 708-388-3311.
6. Devtronix Organs Inc, 1823 Avondale Ave., Sacramento CA, 95825,
   916-971-9074
 
In addition, the following firm advertized "affordable residence organs":
Schneider Pipe Organs Inc, Box 137 Kenny IL, 61749-0137, 217-944-2454.
 
Also, the following organization often acts as a "go-between" to help
find new homes for displaced organs: Organ Clearing House, Alan Laufman,
Box 104 Harrisville NH, 03450-0104, FAX 603-827-3750.  (Send $6.00 in
stamps for a complete listing of available instruments.)
 
I have purchased items from Organ Supply and find them to be very
friendly; they have a catalog, but be prepared for a certain amount
of "stick-shock": organ parts are expensive!  I have not dealt with
the other firms.  There are other supply houses (Klann, Reisner, HESCO,
Arndt, and others) and there are various pipe-makers, most of whom
do not advertize nationally.
 
The classified ads in "The American Organist" and "The Diapason" and
the ATOS "Journal" are other sources for parts.  You should also get
connnected to your local collection of organ folks to find out what
might be available in your area.  It wouldn't hurt to make friends
with a local organ builder or maintenance firm.  Good luck!
 
(By the way, my recent posting of Audsley's chamber organ had a slip:
his book is of course "The Art of Organ Building", not "The Art of the
Organ".  The Cornell library has several of his books on Victorian
architecture and decoration but none of his organ books.)
 
Larry Chace ([log in to unmask])