Organist John Weaver will present a public "preview" recital of the program he will play in June for the OHS 2013 Vermont Convention on the church's 1864 W.B.D Simmons/2002 Andover organ. The church is at 137 Main Street, Stowe, VT.

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.

Organist Matthias Schmelmer, of Berlin, Germany, will play recitals on three historic Maine tracker organs restored or rebuilt by Andover:

Sunday, July 7,  at 4:00 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.