BIOS Journal 

Published annually (1977 to date)  by Positif Press [John Brennan], Oxford OX4 1PA 

Contents list

A comprehensive Index to Journal Volumes 16 to 30 is to be published shortly
(Compiler: the late Michael Popkin and John Brennan)

Vol.32, 2008 (Editor: David S.Knight)

  • The organ of King's college, Cambridge: 1605-1802  - Nicholas Thistlethwaite
  • The 1704 Renatus Harris organ at St.Botolph's Aldgate: Restoration issues - Dominic Gwynn
  • The Casparini Research Project: a new organ for the Eastman School of Music - Joel Speerstra
  • A barrel organ by Richard Coates: a study in restoration - Robert L.Barclay
  • 'Quaint and Irrational'? A performer's perspective on the Historic Sound Archive - Anne Page
  • Thoughts on the inclusion of the Tierce rank in English Mixture stops, 1660-1940 - William McVicker & David Wickens
  • Renn re-visited: an appreciation of 'Samuel Renn - Englsih organ builder', with reference to some recent findings - David Wickens
  • Organ conservation in Australia: attitudes and outcomes - Kelvin Hastie
  • Book and Music Reviews
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    Vol.31, 2007 (Editors: David Hemsley & David Ponsford)

  • Boris Ord and the reconstruction of the organ in King's College, Cambridge: 1932-4  - Nicholas Thistlethwaite 
  • 'The Organ and its Music Vindicated' - a study of 'Music Sermons' in 18thC England- Pierre Dubois
  • Bryceson Brothers' house organ for N.J.Holmes Esq. - David Hemsley
  • The Commercial development of tubular-pneumatic key actions - John Norman
  • Wilkinson & Son of  Kendal: the origins and history of the firm in the 19thC - Gerald Sumner
  • 'As much organ-building intellect as they have in London' - George Fincham and his Melbourne exhibition organs - John Maidment
  • An Elliot organ in Tasmania - David Shield
  • Linking archival information with archeological evidence - David Wickens
  • Obituary: Stephen Bicknell (1957-2007)
  • Books, Music and CD Reviews
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    Vol.30, 2006 (Editor: William McVicker)

  • 'A very superb organ' - the H.C.Lincoln organ in the Ballroom, Buckingham Palace, London - Nicholas Thistlethwaite 
  • '... Des Chorales d'orgue, ainsi qu'a fait Bach, mais sur un autre plan ': Cesar Franck's  Trois Chorales  reconsidered -  Michael Frith 
  • Organ-building developments in 19th and 20th century Slovakia -  Marian Mayer , tr.  Roy Williamson 
  • The organ music of John Keeble - eccentric or exemplary? -  Stephen Bicknell 
  • George Maydwell Holdich (1816-1896) -  Rodney J. Matthews 
  • Further on the earliest organs in Western Europe -  Peter Williams 
  • The origins of the English style in church organ-building -  Dominic Gwynn 
  • English organ history: myth or reality? -  Martin Renshaw 
  • Voicing methods of the Neo-Baroque -  Frits Elshout  and  Dick Koomans 
  • Noel Mander MBE (1912-2005) - Ian Bell
  • Books, Music and CD Reviews 
  • Letter to the Editor

    • Vol.29, 2005 (Editor: Relf Clark)

  •  Editorial
  • Pipe-marking - David Wickens 
  • Dr.Mann and the organ of King's College, Cambridge: 1857/1912 -  Nicholas Thistlethwaite
  • Footnotes to Cobb's account of the organ of Trinity College, Cambridge - José Hopkins
  • Harrison & harrison: Thomas Harrison's origins and resumption in Durham - David Watt and Richard Hird
  • Introduction to George Dixon's essay on Arthur Harrison - Relf Clark
  • Arthur Harrison and his work: the story of a great organ-builder - Lt-Col. George Dixon
  • A note from Fern Bank, 1946/1950  - Patricia Scott
  • St.Helen's Abingdon and some thoughts on organ revival - Mark Venning
  • Walter Parratt - Timothy Lawford
  • The organ at Southampton Guildhall: conservation issues - Ian Bell
  • The flat twenty-first - Harry Bramma
  • The chorale preludes of Ethel Smyth - Relf Clark
  • Dr.Donald Wright (1920-2005): an appreciation - Nicholas Thistlethwaite
  • Reviews
  • Letters to the editor

    • Vol.28, 2004 (Editor: Andrew McCrea)

  • Editorial
  •  Some remarks on organs, organ-playing and the studying of music - Peter Williams
  • Were J.S.Bach's Trio Sonatas written for the pedal clavichord? - Joel Speerstra
  • Professorial annotations: Wm.Crotch's study of the '48' - Andrew McCrea
  • Ralph Downs as teacher - Nicholas Kynaston (in conversation with AMcC)
  • Some thoughts on aspects opf Ralph Downs's tonal philosophy - William McVicker
  • The organ as a cornerstone of music-making in 19th and early 20thC Port Elizabeth - Albert Troskie
  • Timeless interpretations? Observations on tempo fluctuation in early organ recordings - Sverker Jullander
  • Roman organs and Frescobaldi's organ music - Francesco Cera
  • A study in the transmission of organ-building knowledge in early modern England - Dominic Gwynn
  • Book and Music Reviews
  • Letter to Editor

    • Vol.27, 2003 (Editor: David Ponsford)

  •  Editorial 
  • Towards a revised canon for the organ works of J.S.Bach - David Humphreys
  • Mirrors of Eternity: Genre, Affekt and Emblem in Buxtehude's Te Deum Laudamus - Michael Griffiths
  • Towards a reappraisal of Francois Couperin's organ masses - David Ponsford
  • The use of Psalm Tunes, Hymns and Chorales in English Organ Music of the 19th century - Graham Barber
  • The adoption of Equal-Temperament Tuning - A Performer's Imperative or a Fashionable Fad? - Alexander Mackenzie of Ord
  • Islington Tenders - Joan Jeffery
  • The Bureau Organ in St.Benet's Hall, Oxford - Some Initial Notes - John Rowntree
  • The Rev B.B.Edmonds, 1910-2003 - Nicholas Thistlethwaite
  • Book,  Music and CD Reviews
  • Letters to the Editor

    • Vol.26, 2002 (Editors: Nigel Browne & Alastair Johnston)

  •  A Brief for the Symphonic Organ - Jack M. Bethards
  • The Art of Organ Transcription - ethos and practicalities: some thoughts - David Briggs
  • The Organ, Academia, and the Future - Thomas Murray
  • The Testament of Theresa Willis - Stephen Bicknell
  • William John Grant - Alastair Johnston
  • Thomas Casson, a mere introduction - Relf Clark
  • Organ-builder history from fire insurance policies - Joan Jeffery
  • John Garth, the galant organ voluntary, etc - Geoffrey Brown
  • Documents relating to three organs in Lichfield Cathedral - Martin Renshaw
  • Book reviews
  • Letters to the Editor

    • Vol.25, 2001 (Editor: William McVicker)

  •  Editorial
  • The early career of J.C.Bishop, organ-builder, 1807-29 - Nicholas Thistlethwaite
  • The restoration of the 1829 J.C.Bishop organ at St. James's, Bermondsey - Dominic Gwynn
  • Some significant dates in the history of St.James's Bermondsey and its organ - John Bowles
  • The role of the Pedals in the accompaniment of English Hymnody 1810-60 - David Burchell
  • A note on Thomas Adams and his showroom demonstrations - Andrew McCrea
  • The Swell pedal and sforzando in the latter half of the19th century - Wm.McVicker & Gerald Sumner
  • The John Reading manuscripts of Dulwich College - John Carnelly
  • Who built the organ for the Sultan? - Greg Bak
  • Benjamin R.Grindrod and the Tubeon - Nigel Stark
  • Book reviews
  • Letters to the Editor

    • Vol.24, 2000 (Editor: Alan Buchan)

  • Editorial
  • A musical apparatus of somewhat complex and intricate mechanism - Christopher Field
  • The organs in  St.Cecilia's Hall, University of Edinburgh - John Kitchen
  • The 1843 Hill organ of the Music Hall, Edinburgh, from contemporary local sources 
  • Playing and studying Bach - where next?  - Peter Williams
  • Some developments in church music in NE Scotland, from 1700 to 1880 - David Welch
  • The organ at St.Stephen's, Old Radnor, Powys - Richard J.Morton
  • In search of a grandfather, Thomas William Lewis 1863-1942 - Yvonne Carnill-Lewis
  • James Bruce of Edinburgh -  Alan Buchan 
  • Book reviews

    • Vol.23, 1999 (Editor: Relf Clark)

  • Editorial
  • Thaxted revisited - Bernard B.Edmonds
  • The organ in St.Helen's, Abingdon: 20th century events - David C. Wickens
  • The influence of the Baroque Revival on the work of Hill, Norman & Beard, 1950 - 1974 - John Norman
  •  A survey of the work of John Compton (1874 - 1957) - Ian Bell
  • The Westminster Abbey organ in the 20th century - David S. Knight
  • The British neo-classical organ and its music - time for a reappraisal? - Andrew McCrea
  •  Harrisons' great adventure - Mark Venning
  • Carlton Cumberbatch Michell - a sketch - Stephen Bicknell
  • The performance chronicles of Hubert Walter Hunt - Christopher Kent
  • St.Bees revisited - Relf Clark 
  • Book reviews

    • Vol.22, 1998 (Editor: James Berrow)

  • "The Highest Style of Art": An introduction to the life and legacy of T.C.Lewis (1833-1915) - Christopher Gray
  •  Some reflections on small organ design, 1855-1949 - Relf Clark
  • The Shrider organ from Westminster Abbey: Lord Tynne, organ donor? - David Knight
  •  The study of English organ pipe scaling - David C.Wickens
  • The George Pike England organ in the Church of Nossa Senhora do Monte, Island of Madeira - Christopher Kent
  •  "An Organ should be an Organ": Samuel Sebastian Wesley and the organ in St.George's Hall, Liverpool - Peter Horton
  •  The notorious Dr.Rimbault (1816-1876) - Percy Young
  •   Henry Philip Dicker, organ-builder - Nigel Browne

    • Vol.21, 1997 (Editor: Dominic Gwynn)

  • Organs in Ely Cathedral before 1851 - Jose Hopkins 
  • Organ-building in 17th and 18th century Dublin, and its English connection - Denise M. Neary
  •  Chirk Castle Organ and Organbook: an insight into performance practice involving a 17th century transposing organ - William Reynolds
  •  Dean Bargrave's organ at Canterbury - James Collier
  • The Battle of the Organs; the Smith organ at The Temple and its organist - David Knight
  •  A description of the organ from the middle of the 18th century, in William Emerson's Principles of Mechanics of 1758 - Dominic Gwynn
  •  "The Perfection of Harmony itself": the William Hawkes Patent Organ and its temperament - Philip Olleson
  •  Mills of Albion: large Russell organs of the 1820's - Martin Renshaw
  • Early 19th century Scottish chamber organs: pipe markings and other identifiers - Alan Buchan
  •  The 1996 ISO Congress and GdO conference, and related articles in the ISOYearbook and Ars Organi

    • Vol.20, 1996  (Editor: John Brennan)

  • Publisher's Introduction
  • The Screen Organs in Peterborough Cathedral, 1660-1870 - C.H.Davidson
  • Gothic and Renaissance: Organ Cases by Frederick Sutton and G.F.Bodley at Hoar Cross and Temple Newsam - Michael Hall
  •  Restoring the Dallam Organs of Brittany - Michel Cocheril
  • Before the First Lesson: A Study of some 18th century Voluntaries in relation to the instruments on which they were played - John L. Speller
  •  George Dixon: A reappriasal - Relf Clark
  • The 18th century English Organ and the Collective Psyche: a vehicle for national ideals - Pierre Dubois
  •  The Organ-builder and the Organist: Thomas Elliot and Samuel Wesley - Philip Olleson
  •  Contemporary Organ Design in Spain - Simon Platt
  • A Conversation with Nicholas Danby - John Brennan

    • Vol.19, 1995 (Editors: James Berrow and Dominic Gwynn)

  • A Tale from Two Cities: John Nicholson of Worcester, Manchester Cathedral and Ouseley, 1861 - James Berrow
  •  The English Trumpet Voluntary at the time of Henry Purcell - Geoffrey Cox
  • The Haywards of Bath - Betty Matthews
  • Organs associated with Handel's visit to Dublin - Brian Boydell
  • St.Michan's Church, Dublin: the installaton of the organ in 1725 and the duties of the organist - Barra Boydell
  •  Carrying on ancient traditions: the work of Thomas Hill 1870-1893 - Nicholas Thistlethwaite
  •  The development of English Reeds from Robert Dallam to John Gray - Dominic Gwynn
  •  Joseph Hart: a Suffolk organ-builder - Peter Bumstead
  • Obituary: Stephen Dykes Bower, 1903-1994 - James Berrow

    • Vol.18, 1994 (Editor: Relf Clark)

  • Introduction - Relf Clarke
  • Stephen Taylor & Sons, organ-builders of Leicester - B.B.Edmonds
  • Reflections on the tonal ideas of Arthur Harrison and how he achieved them - David.C.Wickens
  •  Arthur Harrison, R.Meyrick Roberts, George Dixon and the remodelling of the Durham Cathedral organ in 1904/5 - Richard Hird
  •  Two concert organs [Albert Hall, Nottingham and Caird Hall, Dundee] - Mark Venning
  •  The organ of St.George's Church, Worcester in the early life of Edward Elgar - Christopher Kent
  •  The French influence in High Victorian Lancashire - Gerald Sumner
  • Transcriptions - Relf Clark
  • Another Worcestershire organ-builder and the organ of All Saints Church, the Parish of Malvern Wells and Wyche, Malvern, Worcestershire - James Berrow
  • Stanford and the organ recitals at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1872-1890: a documentary study - Jeremy Dibble
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    Vol.17, 1993 (Editor: Christopher Kent)

  • Brice Seede, organ-builder of Bristol: some further findings - Christopher Kent
  • The development of English key actions up to 1800 - Dominic Gwynn
  • Plagiarism or emulation: the Gerard Smith organ contract for St.George's Church, Hanover Square - Richard Platt
  •  An apparently controversial instrument [Worcester Cathedral] - Relf Clark
  • Evans & Barr Ltd., a worthy legacy of Ulster organ-building - Joseph McKee
  • The organ in St.George's Church, Hanworth: a late 19th century Hill - Clifford Embleton
  •  Some thoughts on communication - Stephen Taylor
  • Samuel Wesley's contribution to the development of English organ literature - Robin Langley
  •  Parry's Chorale Fantasia "When I survey the wondrous Cross" - Jeremy Dibble
  • Travellers' tales - Betty Matthews

    • Vol.16, 1992 (Editor: Nicholas Thistlethwaite)

  • Obituary: Peter le Huray, 1930-1992
  • Organ pitch and organ accompaniments in Elizabethan and Jacobean church music - Peter le Huray
  • "The Psalms Set full for the organ" by John Reading - David Burchell
  • Organ or orphanage? Religious controversy surrounding the role of organ music in German Lutheran worship in the Baroque era - Geoffrey Webber
  •  Organ and liturgy, 1992 - John Rowntree
  • Young Mr.Newton and the overblown pipe - John Mainstone
  • The Hill-Gauntlett Revolution: an epitaph? - Nicholas Thistlethwaite
  • Lulworth Castle Chapel organ:
    • . . . . . 1) The reconstruction of the organ - William Drake
    . . . . . 2) Some reflections - John Rowntree
  •   The G.P.England organ at Blandford Forum - David Wickens
  •   Buckingham restor'd - Peter Bumstead
  •   Charles Quarles: some notes - B.B.Edmonds
  •   New organs: Grosvenor Chapel, London and Great St.Mary's, Cambridge

    • A comprehensive Index to Journal Volumes 1 to 15 is available for purchase
    (Compiler: Michael Popkin)

    Vol.15, 1991 (Editor: Stuart Campbell)

  • The Hamiltons of Edinburgh; a preliminary investigation - Alan Buchan 
  • The introduction of new organ stops in English organ-building in the 18th and 19th centuries (Pt.II - 1850-1870) - David Wickens
  •  The builders of Scotland's organs: a survey - Jim Inglis
  • "Cant Organe": a lost technique? - Isobel Woods Preece
  • The restoration of of historic organs in the Netherlands - Jan Jongepier and Kenneth Walton
  •  Grosvenor Chapel and the 18th century English organ - Mark Lindley and William Drake
  •  New organs in and around Edinburgh: Fairmilehead, Haddington, Dunblane

    • Vol.14, 1990 (Editor: Richard Hobson)

  • Magdalen College MS347: an index and commentary - Francis Knights
  • Possible textural and thematic references in J.S.Bach's Fugue in E flat, BWV552 - Philip Sawyer
  •  The Organ Concertos of J.S.Bach, their origins and legitimacy - Ralph Schureck
  • Tuning and temperament and the British organ 1750-1850: a century of change viewed through the repertoire - Christopher Kent
  •  The development of bellows systems in British organs c.990-1790 - Dominic Gwynn
  •  Dr.Edward Hodges of Bristol and New York: an "organ expert" on both sides of the Atlantic - Barbara Owen
  •  A passage board to India - James Berrow
  • Preston Public Hall: a new lease of life for the 1882 organ by Thomas Wilkinson? - Donald Wright and Gerald Sumner
  •  New organs: St.Andrew, Holborn; St.Matthew, Westminster; Oriel College, Oxford;
    • . .  Mill Hill School Chapel; St.Oswald, Durham; St.Alban's IOF organ; 
    . .  St.Marylebone Parish Church. 

    Vol.13, 1989 (Editor: Philip Sawyer)

  • The organ in 19th century Scotland - Jim Inglis
  • The introduction of new organ stops in English organ-building in the 18th and 19th centuries (Pt.I) - David Wickens
  •  A revolution in registration: Marsh to Mendelssohn: a view of English organ music1788-1847 - Christopher Kent
  •  The organ music of William Russell: an anticipation of the romantic organ - Gillian Ward Russell
  •  Rose Yard - Bernard Edmonds
  • The organ of St.Andrew's, Holborn - Betty Matthews
  • The National Pipe Organ Register: a report - Margaret and Donald Wright
  • Australia's multi-cultural organ heritage: 200 years of organ imports - John Maidment
  •  "Anon" organs: their identification by style recognition and comparison - Graeme Rushworth
  •  The organ in St.Michael's College, Tenbury 1866-73 - Richard Walsh
  • Building a classical English organ - Dominic Gwynn
  • New organ: The Anglican Church, The Hague, Holland

    • Vol.12, 1988 (Editor: Nicholas Plumley)

  • Problems in the preservation and restoration of organs - Alfred Reichling
  • Reviving the classical organ-building tradition in Britain - Dominic Gwynn
  • John Abbey, organ-builder: his work in France (2) - Jean-Albert Villard
  • Organ-building between reconstruction and new construction - Hans Gerd Klais
  • "A pretty sweet instrument": Sir Samuel Hellier's obsession - Percy Young
  • Thomas Elliot, organ-builder: Pt.I - historical: Pt.II - the instruments - Bernard Edmonds and Nicholas Plumley
  •  GG compass pedals and the British organ repertoire before c.1850 - Christopher Kent
  •  New organs: City of London School; Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford

    • Vol.11, 1987 (Editor: Christopher Kent)

  • The organ of St,Mary's Chapel, Lulworth Castle:
    • . . . . . An introduction to the restoration - Donald Wright
    . . . . . An historical survey - Christopher Kent
    . . . . . An appreciation of the organ case at Lulworth - Michael Gillingham
    . . . . . The early music of the Chapel and its relationship to the organ - John Rowntree
  •  The Donaldson organ in the Holywell Music Room, Oxford - Stephen Bicknell
  • Wotton, the organmaker of Lambert Simnel fame: was he William or Thomas? - Susi Jeans
  •  Parish church organs: the interaction of design, liturgy and management - Peter Marr
  • Christian Smith and the organ of St.Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey - Betty Matthews
  • The Duke of Wellington's funeral: a chapter in the history of the organs of St.Paul's Cathedral - Austin Niland
  •  Note: Tenbury MS1467: the notebook of the Revd.Leighton G.Hayne - Christopher Kent
  •  New and restored organs: St.Andrew & St.George, Edinburgh; Malmesbury Abbey; Pamber Priory - Richard Seede chamber organ.
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    Vol.10, 1986 (Editor: Stephen Bicknell)

  • BIOS: the first 10 years - Donald Wright
  • John Abbey, organ-builder: his work in France (1) - Jean-Albert Villard
  • Formative influences on Sweelinck's keyboard style: preliminary outline of a case for reassessment - Martin Souter
  • Organ preservation and scholarship in the United States - John Ogasapian
  • The organ in the Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass. - Fritz Noack and Richard Jones
  •  The Normans 1860-1920 - Herbert Norman
  • Some notes on the organ in Adlington Hall - John Mander
  • A neglected late 18th century organ treatise - Philip Sawyer
  • A heritage in perspective: a study of New Zealand's historic pipe organs - Michael Cox
  •  Thomas Dallam at Norwich Cathedral - Betty Matthews
  • Notes: The versatility of George Ashdown Audsley (1838-1925) - R.Huby
  • New and rebuilt organs: South Lancing Church, Sussex; Chichester Cathedral.

    • Vol.9, 1985 (Editor: John Rowntree)

  • The English pre-Reformation liturgical organ repertory - Patrick Russill
  • Organ music by William Byrd (1542/3-1623) - Richard Turbet
  • The organ in Britain before 1600: some observations - Stephen Bicknell
  • Yorkshire organ-builders: the earlier years - Bernard Edmonds
  • The Dallam organ in Magdalen College, Oxford: a new account of the Milton organ - John Harper
  •  Organ pitch in 17th century England - Dominic Gwynn
  • The transposing organ - Stephen Bicknell
  • Phrasing and articulation in organ music of the High Baroque - Peter le Huray
  • New organs: Oundle School Chapel; All Saints, Friern Barnet; St.Peter Mancroft, Norwich.
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    Vol.8, 1984 (Editor: Nicholas Thistlethwaite)

  • Yorkshire organ-builders of the 19th century - Bernard Edmonds
  • A Victorian export to Australia: the Brindley organ in the Albert Hall,  Launceston, Tasmania - John Stiller
  •  W.T.Best as consultant - Cecil Clutton
  • Sir Frederick Ouseley (1825-1889) - Christopher Kent
  • The origins of the Dallams in Lancashire - Gerald Sumner
  • The Dallams and the Harrises - Betty Matthews
  • Preserving the heritage: the problems of redundant organs - Marilyn Wilson
  • German organ-building in the 19th century - Werner Walker-Mayer and Reinhard Raue
  • "Queens and after..." from the other side of the stop knobs - Peter Collins
  • Rebuilt organ: Christ's College, Cambridge
  • New organs: AllSaints, Northampton; St.John, Totnes
  • Notes: The Orgelfuss and the Orgelstuhl - Susi Jeans
  •  Repairs to the organ in Chicester Cathedral 1602-3 - Alison McCann
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    Vol.7, 1983 (Editorial committee)

  • John Blow and the earliest English Cornet Voluntaries - Geoffrey Cox
  • Spanish Netherlands keyboard music: 1596-1633 - Richard Vendome
  • Bach, Mendelssohn and the English organist: 1810-45 - Nicholas Thistlethwaite
  • The Choir Organ in the Kristine Church, Falun - Mats Aberg and Herwin Troje
  • Thomas Haxby of York (1729-96): an extraordinary musician and instrument maker - David Haxby and John Malden
  •  Thomas Haxby and the organ of Louth Parish Church: 1767-9 - C.J.Sturman and J.C.Pillans
  •  "Queen's" and after...some thoughts on the Organ Revival in Britain - John Rowntree
  •  Some aspects of mid-19th centuryorgan case design and organ position - James Berrow
  •  Rebuilt organs: Peterborough Cathedral; Ludlow Parish Church
  • New organs: Merchant Taylors School, Northwood; St.Mary the Virgin, Putney
  • Restored organs: St.Alban's Church, Macclesfield

    • Vol.6, 1982 (Editor: James Berrow)

  • The organ-builder as artist - opportunities and constraints - Ian Bell
  • Technique - a key to interpretation - Sheila Lawrence
  • Training organists in Holland - Stephen Taylor
  • The classical organ in Australia: its influence on teaching - Douglas Lawrence and John Maidment
  •  A question of touch - Peter Collins
  • The organ in Wollaton Hall - Stephen Bicknell
  • Ancient British organs - Bernard Edmonds
  • The Dallams in Brittany - Michel Cocheril
  • Attitudes to musical instrument conservation anmd restoration - Grant O'Brien
  • Sir John Dykes Bower, 1905-1981 - Michael Gillingham
  • Restoration: The Grove Organ, Tewkesbury Abbey
  • New organs: Newcastle RC Cathedral; Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge; Robinson College, Cambridge
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    Vol.5, 1981 (Editor: John Rowntree)

  • English organ-building: 1642-1685 - Stephen Bicknell
  • John Loosemore - Bernard Edmonds
  • Organ music in parish churches: 1660-1730 - Nicholas Temperley
  • Notes relating to the organisation of organ-building in England, to c.1740 - Nicholas Thistlethwaite
  •  The preservation of a national heritage: Australia's historic organs - John Maidment
  • J.C.Bishop, Ushaw College and the Lancashire Catholics. Pt.II: the organs - Gerald Sumner
  •  An introduction to Brice and Richard Seede: organ-builders of Bristol - Christopher Kent
  •  The Sack...or one organ in search of a builder...Some notes on the 1708 organ in Pembroke College, Cambridge - John Rowntree
  •  New organs: Pembroke College, Cambridge; University College School, London; Bray, Co.Wicklow, Ireland
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    Vol.4, 1980 (Editor: John Rowntree)

  • The Englishness of the English organ case: some thoughts on organ case design in England: 1660-1800 - Nicholas Plumley
  •  The Chayre Organ: an episode - Bernard Edmonds
  • An early 17th century British organ: a preliminary study - Martin Renshaw
  • Organs of the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford - Robert Pacey
  • The Samuel green organ at Heaton Hall - David Wickens
  • "....an Honest Organ" - John Rowntree
  • The challenge of the classical organ: an organ teacher's point of view  - John Wellingham
  •  J.C.Bishop, Ushaw College and the Lancashire Catholics. Pt.I: historical aspects - Gerald Sumner
  •  English organ design in the Industrial Revolution - Michael Sayer
  • The 6th International Organ Week: Bruges, 1979 - John Brennan
  • Provincial and unscientific remarks by the organ-builder - Joseph von Glatter-Gotz
  • New organs: Christ Church, Oxford; Trinity College, Cambridge; Paddington Green, London
  •  Notes: The organ in Trinity College, Oxford - John Speller


    • Vol.3, 1979 (Editor: Nicholas Plumley)

  • Organ Reform in England - some influences - John Rowntree
  • Towards an indigenous classical organ design - Martin Renshaw
  • The reform of the reform - Joseph van Glatter-Gotz
  • Main roads to the modern Dutch organ - Ole Olesen
  • The well-tuned organ. An introduction to keyboard temperaments in 18th and 19th century England - Alexander Mackenzie of Ord
  •  A trial of unequal temperaments on the organ - C.A.Pagham, P.D.Collins and C.K.Parker
  •  Colonial organs: being an account of some early English instruments exported to the Eastern United States - Barbara Owen
  •  The Harris/Byfield connection: some recent findings - Nicholas Plumley
  • Notes: A lost organ case - Bernard Edmonds
    • . . . . . . . . The Dallam family - Bernard Edmonds

    Vol.2, 1978 (Editor: Nicholas Thistlethwaite)

  • Digitus Dei Hoc: the organ and the English Church in the era of Smith and Harris - Peter Williams
  •  Bernard Smith (c.1629-1708) organist and organ-builder: his origins - John Rowntree
  •  A note on the Smith four tower organ-cases - Michael Gillingham
  • Organo Pneumatico: the construction and design of Bernard Smith's organ for the University Church,Cambridge, 1698 - Nicholas Thistlethwaite
  •  Organ advisory work in the Anglican Communion: Some developments in recent years in the NorthEast - Donald Wright
  •  The organs of St.James Church, Poole, and the Goss family - Betty Matthews
  • The restoration of the organ in Sydney Town Hall - David Kinsela 
  • Elgar's Organ Sonata in G (Op.28): a study of the manuscript sources and original interpretation - Christopher Kent
  •  Notes: The organ case in Holsworthy Church - John Speller
    •   . . . . . An early organ-maker's will - Betty Matthews

    Vol.1, 1977 (Editor: Michael Sayer)

  • The English Organ Archive: preliminary list of material deposited
  • The organs of the Lincolns - James Boeringer
  • Of Tombstones, Files and Coelacanths... - Bernard Edmonds
  • Thomas Wilkinson of Kendal and the organ in Preston Public Hall - Gerald Sumner
  • The Disley Renn: an essay in investigation - David Wickens
  • Organ Design for the English Liturgy - Nicholas Danby
  • Robert Dallam's organ in York Minster, 1634 - Michael Sayer
  • Organ and liturgy: the organs in St.Joseph's Church Keighley and the Church of 
  • . . the Sacred Heart, Henley-on-Thames - John Rowntree
  • Source materials from the early 19th century -Nicholas Thistlethwaite
  • Two Flight & Robson barrel organs - Nicholas Plumley

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