Schoenstein & Co. Organs

<b>Paperback Edition:</b> The latest publication in OHS Press’s Monographs in American Organ History is Orpha Ochse’s definitive study, Schoenstein & Co. Organs. This work takes up where Louis Schoenstein’s Memoirs of a San Francisco Organ Builder leaves off: with the sale of the firm to Jack Bethards in 1977, and documents the last 30 years of the company known for overseeing the renovation of the Mormon Tabernacle organ and building the130-rank organ for the Latter-Day Saints Conference Center in Salt Lake City. A testament to the imagination and foresight of the company’s president, Jack Bethards, Dr. Ochse’s book describes in detail his many special designs for special situations including his tonal concept of symphonic organs, double expression, the French Choir Organ, and the “multum in parvo.” An easy read for organ enthusiasts as well as organbuilders, Schoenstein & Co. Organs includes 41 high quality illustrations and the stoplists of 23 organs