As part of the Town of Bolton's 275th Anniversary Weekend, First Parish of Bolton will present a DEDICATORY CONCERT by organists Kristjon Imperio and James Jordan on their "new" Rev. Joseph Nelson Pardee Memorial Organ, which we installed in 2012. Click here to read about the organ.

The OHS will hold its 58th National Convention in scenic Vermont. Robert Newton and Andrew Hagberg, of our staff, will prepare and tune at least 8 of the 26 instruments to be visited. Congratulations to Peter Rudewicz, our high school intern, who has been awarded an E. Power Biggs Fellowship to attend this convention!

We will be exhibiting at the AGO Regions I & II Convention in Hartford, CT, June 30 - July 3.  Stop by our booth and meet us!

Organist and composer Michael Burkhardt will lead a Hymn Festival featuring our Opus 105 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Columbia, South Carolina, on Friday, July 5, at 4:30 p.m., This program is part of the AGO Region IV Convention, which takes place July 3-6 in Columbia, SC.

Matthias Schmelmer, organist at the Church of the Holy Cross in Berlin, Germany, will play recitals on three historic Maine tracker organs restored or rebuilt by Andover:

Sunday, July 7,  at 3:00 p.m., on the 1866 E. & G. G. Hook, Op. 389, at South Parish Congregational, 9 Church Street, Augusta, ME

Tuesday, July 9, at 12 Noon, on the 1883 Hutchings-Plaisted, Op. 112, at First Parish UCC, corner of Main Street & Bath Road, Brunswick, ME

Thursday, July 11,  at 7:30 p.m., on the 1860 E. & G. G. Hook, Op. 288, at St. John's Catholic Church, 207 York Street, Bangor, ME

Two large, very fine two-manual organs are now for sale: an 1859 E. & G. G. Hook, Opus 244, with 25 stops (30 ranks); and an 1874 Johnson & Son, Opus 440, with 23 stops (28 ranks).  Both instruments date from the golden age of their respective builders.  Further details are available in our Organs For Sale section.