The Hilbus Chapter of the OHS was founded in 1970 and serves
the mid-Atlantic
area roughly from Baltimore, Maryland to Alexandria, Virginia, though
we also have
members who live in Richmond and other areas significantly beyond the
Washington/Baltimore
metroplex, including New York, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Canada.
Our monthly activities take us to visit organs of interest
not only in
the Greater Washington and Baltimore metropolitan areas, but also to
the Eastern
Shore of Maryland and to as far west as Winchester, Virginia and
Cumberland, Maryland,and
as far south as Charlottesville, Virginia. Our crawls generally include
open bench time at the installations that we visit. Come join us!
The name of our chapter is in honor of Jacob Hilbus, an organ builder
active in the
Washington, D.C. area at the beginning of the 19th century. Although
few of his works
survive, one of note was originally installed in Christ Church,
Alexandria, Virginia
and is now preserved by the Smithsonian Institute. For more information
about this
historic instrument, follow this link:
http://www.historicchristchurch.org/worship/musica.htm
Our newsletter "Where the Tracker Action Is!" is
published monthly
and includes information on upcoming organ crawls as well as a review
of the previous
crawl and other items of member interest.
For more information about the Organ Historical
Society, click on the OHS icon at the bottom
of this page.
Our chapter membership dues are $14 and can be paid by check made out to:
and mailed to:
Hilbus Chapter, OHS
6606 Farmer Drive
Fort Washington, Md. 20744
or email to:
info@hilbus.org
For further information regarding membership, send requests and inquiries to the above address!
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