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- Arp Schnitger, Organ Builder - English language Dutch site (English occasionally rusty); comprehensive listing of Schnitger organs, including dates, photos and specifications.
- Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society, Inc. - Description, history and stop lists for the world's largest pipe organ in Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Atlantic City Convention Hall Organs - Photographs and a brief history by Arthur Goulet.
- Ceos v.z.w. - Non-profit Belgian organization involved in small-scale organ restorations and producing publications about the organ. Details of restorations of historical organs in Belgium and Spain/Catalonia, publications about pipe organs, and an organ dictionary with 19 languages.
- Curtis Sesquicentennial Exposition Organ - 1926 Austin organ now installed in Irvine Auditorium of the Univ. of Pennsylvania.
- Foundation for the Protection of the Main Organ of the Der Aa-Kerk, Groningen - Information about the organ built in 1702 by Arp Schnitger
- Friends of the Wanamaker Organ - Illustrated history and specifications of the John Wanamaker Grand Court Organ in Philadelphia's Lord & Taylor Store. Details on the historic Wanamaker Store and its founders, as well as special concerts, publications and activities.
- Gottfried Silbermann, Master Organ Builder - Photos, historical detail, locations of 31 original instruments, a visit to the Silbermann Museum, Silbermann organs on CD, contact and accommodation information.
- Historic Italian Organ Document Archive - A repository of documents about the historic Italian organ, such as important historical texts, out-of-print journal articles and references to significant newly- published materials or recordings.
- Historic Organs of East Tennessee - A couple dozen organ specifications, a few with photos.
- Holtkamp Portativ Pipe Organ - Page devoted to 1963 Holtkamp mechanical action organ, modelled after the original Holtkamp portativs of the 1930s.
- Holy Rosary Cathedral, Toledo, Ohio - E.M. Skinner Op. 820, 1930. History by Jonathan Ambrosino, specification, many photographs.
- L'Organo Hermans - Organ of Collescipoli (Terni), Collegiata di Santa Maria Maggiore (1678) built by the flemish organ builder Willem Hermans
- Library of Organs - Facsimile prints of Michael Praetorius (Syntagma Musicum), Dom Bedos de Celles, Cavaillé-Coll.
- Museum of Organs - A virtual photo gallery with original images of historical pipe organs in Europe.
- Organ Historical Society - Educational organization devoted to preservation of the pipe organ and its history. Includes information about conventions and programs, including the American Organ Archive.
- Organi Storici di Macerata - Information about the historical organs of Macerata
- Organo Graziadio Antegnati 1588 Bellinzona - Restauration of the Antegnati organ of Bellinzona
- Organs of Arp Schnitger (1648-1719) - Schnitger bibliography, discography, and an extensive collection of information about every known instrument.
- Organs of Brasil - Photos and histories of several Brazilian organs.
- Pereboom & Leyser - History of Maastricht (NL) firm, active 1850-1899. Photos, stoplists.
- Roosevelt Mememorial Park, Gardena, California - One of the few outdoor pipe organs in the world. Built by Wurlitzer. History, specifications, photographs.
- St. Luke's Episcopal, Lanesboro, Mass. - Spec, photo and description of 1862 Wm. Johnson organ.
- St. Pancratius Church, Hamburg-Neuenfelde - 1683 Schnitger organ threatened by airport runway expansion. Organ history and specifications, travel information, preservation activism details.
- St. Sulpice, Paris - The great instrument built by Cliquot and substantially reconstructed by Cavaillé-Coll. History, specification, discography, concert schedule.
- The Boston University Symphonic Organ - Photographs, stoplist, history and directions.
- The Cavaillé-Coll Organ of Oloron (F) - English/French site; photos, history, list of concerts, MP3 recordings of this 1870 instrument.
- The German Historical Organ - Extensive information about instruments and builders, including Casparini, Engler Gabler and J. Wagner. Also German-only description of organs in Koenigsberg, Prussia.
- The Ladegast Society - Devoted to the life and work of Friedrich Ladegast (1818-1905), organ builder from Weissenfels, Germany. Opus list.
- The Lewis Organ at Community Central Hall, Maryhill - Description of the organ and plans for restoration. Brief account of Lewis and the instruments built by his firm in Glasgow.
- The Longwood Gardens Organ - Historic and contemporary photographs, history and stoplist
- The Organs of Magdeburg Cathedral - History, photos and specifications of previous organs, and future plans.
- The Organs of Tewkesbury Abbey - History, photographs and stoplists.
- The Pipe Organs of Antwerp Cathedral - Information about the Schijven and Metzler organs, the cathedral organist, recitals and recordings.
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