BIOS Reporter – Volume 29, No.4 – October 2005

The preservation of records relating to organs and organ-building is fundamental to the role of BIOS. Similarly, every organ-builder of repute and business common sense understands the importance of records relating to the company, even work undertaken by the firm perhaps a century or more ago. An organ which has been out of a company’s remit for decades may suddenly reappear in a conservation project when the firm’s expertise becomes not only essential but is to its financial benefit. The British Organ Archive frequently acts as the source of such material, appreciated by organ-builder and researcher alike…