Bynum Petty has published two new essays on the history of pipe organs in the city of New York. The essays appear in the City University of New York Graduate Center’s Gotham Project, a blog documenting a comprehensive history of the city.
“Two-Hundred Fifty Years of Organ-Building in the City: Part I—18th-Century Imports and a Burgeoning 19th-Century Cottage Industry” and “Two Hundred Fifty Years of Organ-Building in the City, Part II—1850 to 1930: New York Becomes a City of Organs” may be found at:
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https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/organsparttwo-zy4la-6h6h4-tlwga-allfs-5gpbn-p8hkk-gewm2-86weg-453lp-rtg9j-b4nt8.
Petty is former archivist of the Organ Historical Society and founder-managing director of Petty-Madden Organ-Builders, a position he held until his retirement in 2006. His latest book, M. P. Möller—The Artist of Organs, The Organ of Artists was published in 2024 by OHS Press.
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