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Music in the Marketplace: A Wanamaker Organ History
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by Ray Biswanger
Now in its second printing, here is the complete story of the Wanamaker Organ, from its California beginnings through the St. Louis World's Fair to the great Philadelphia department store that calls it home. Ray Biswanger's book unfolds with all the richness and detail of a great novel. Includes extensive specifications, numerous photos and illustrations. Free Shipping Anywhere! 302 pp.
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Official Friends of the Wanamaker Organ Guide to the Wanamaker Organ
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This softbound guidebook to the Reigning Monarch of All Instruments in Philadelphia's Macy's department store. This elegant deluxe edition includes a history of the Wanamaker Organ, a photo section on the famous artists and celebrities associated with it, and a complete specification of its 28,482 pipes.
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A Friendly Guide-Book to the Wanamaker Store
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Own this historic booklet
This never-before-offered Friends reprint of the 1916 booklet includes a complete tour with photos of the historic Wanamaker Store. The pamphlet opens a window on the storied department store's fabled past, and includes40 pages of history. Included is Organ lore and numerous photos and illustrations.
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The World's Greatest Organ - John Wanamaker Philadelphia
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This timeless booklet from the Golden Age of the Wanamaker Stores is chock-full of information. Included are 18 illustrations, among them vintage photos of the Store and Organ interior, plus a special fold-out center section that opens up into a full sheet showing the celebrated engraving of the Grand Court Organ case in fine detail.
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Back Issues of the Friends Newsletter The Stentor
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Volumes 1 through 8
Not every issue but nearly every issue of the Friends newsletter is available again in this special offer. Read the fascinating story of the restoration of the Wanamaker Organ as it unfolds in the pages of The Stentor, the Friends' lively historical newsletter and restoration magazine. Each issue of the quarterly publication features sixteen pages of Wanamaker Organ lore and the back story on the phenomenal restoration work that is still ongoing. Featured here are the first eight volumes (Volume 1 contains just two issues).
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Back Issues of the Friends Newsletter The Stentor
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Volumes 9 through 16
Not every issue but nearly every issue of the Friends newsletter is available again in this special offer. Read the fascinating story of the restoration of the Wanamaker Organ as it unfolds in the pages of The Stentor, the Friends' lively historical newsletter and restoration magazine. Each issue of the quarterly publication features sixteen pages of Wanamaker Organ lore and the back story on the phenomenal restoration work that is still ongoing. Featured here are the first eight volumes (Volume 1 contains just two issues).
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The Largest Organ in the World - Plus a Scientific American Reprint
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From the Los Angeles Art Organ Company comes this 32-page booklet on the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair Organ. We have combined with it a Scientific American reprint (April 23, 1904) of the story of the World's Largest Organ that includes a tour of the fabled factory that built it.
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Murray M. Harris and Organ Building in Los Angeles, 1894-1913
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by David Lennox Smith and Orpha Ochse
Murray M. Harris began organbuilding in 1894 Los Angeles at a time when only eight organs existed. Harris's business skyrocketed, and soon he was building the world's largest pipe organ for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. That organ would become our famous Wanamaker Organ. But wild cost overruns brought the wheeler-dealer builder to the brink of bankruptcy.
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John Wanamaker, Philadelphia Merchant
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by Herbert Ershkowicz
Temple University historian Herbert Ershkowicz's 227-page hardbound illustrated biography is the first full-length modern critical portrait of the Merchant Prince. The book traces Wanamaker's meteoric rise and probes beneath official biographies to give us the measure of a man who became Philadelphia's second Benjamin Franklin. A fascinating account.
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