Thank you to area organists who have typed the stoplists of organs at their places of employment, and to the staff at various venues who have unlocked organ lofts and consoles, and turned on the lights. Larry's knowledge of organs in the area is astounding. Lastly, we are indebted to Larry Trupiano (Mann & Trupiano, Brooklyn), who is systematically scanning and sending his voluminous files for this project. Kloda, Anthony Meloni (Meloni & Farrier Organbuilders), and one colleague who prefers to remain anonymous, for sending specifications and photos from their files. Christopher Leaver from the Reuter Organ Company provided specifications of all organs by that firm in New York City. Phil Stimmel and John Carnahan have sent all extant Shop Orders from the Estey Organ Company. We have all of the factory specifications from Casavant Frères, Ltée., thanks to Stanley Scheer, Vice President Emeritus. All of these colleagues have a very special interest in the organ without their help and assistance, the New York City Organ Project could not have grown so quickly. Many others have contributed stoplists and photos, and are acknowledged on individual webpages for those instruments. Jim has offered steadfast encouragement in this project. George Nelson (Seattle, Wa.) has extracted the New York City records-nearly 5000 in all-from his "Organs in the United States and Canada Database." James Lewis (Pasadena, Calif.) has also shared his files and photographs, including many Aeolian organs. Sand has also provided copies of organ builders' opus lists he compiled over the years, after they were reformatted and electronically sent by David Scribner (Little Rock, Ark). Organ Historical Society), have been very generous in sharing their records. Allen Kinzey (Tucson, Ariz.) and Sand Lawn (Monroe, La.), compilers of the E.M. Jeff Scofield, who is web site manager of the Aeolian-Skinner Archives, was the first person outside of New York to share his extensive collection of organ specifications and photos. Jonathan periodically raids the Archives of the Organ Historical Society in Princeton, N.J., and copies anything pertaining to organs in New York City.
Special thanks and appreciation go to Jonathan Bowen (Philadelphia), and Jeff Scofield (Chattanooga). Most of the webpages created thus far for the New York City Organ Project (NYCOP) include a "Sources" box that contains specific bibliographic references. The indexes of organs were compiled from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, books and periodicals, organ journals, published opus lists, and online resources.
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