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The article discusses the attitude toward the organ and organ music of theologian, philosopher, and physician Albert Schweitzer. The author considers various aspects of the subject, including Schweitzer's knowledge of the technical construction of organs, the influence of music by Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach for his development as an organist, and the moral and ethical aspects of Schweitzer's advocacy on behalf of organ music appreciation.

The article reports on an organ history conference held in 2012 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Topics discussed include organ history specific to the Karlsruhe area, the relations between organ history and church building history in Karlsruhe, and the impact of the Protestant Reformation on organ history. Further issues examined at the conference include the contributions of organist Andreas Barner, organ builder Johann Andreas Silbermann, and architect Friedrich Weinbrenner to organ history.

The article offers information on the international organ conference in s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, held July 31 until August 6, 2011. Topics discussed include details about organ tradition in the Netherlands, as well as various organs presented at the congress such as in the Grote Kerk church, where a Jazz composition was performed, as well as at the Basilika St. Jan, which houses an organ from the year 1617.

The article discusses the historical organ housed at the Augustiner Museum in Freiburg, Germany, which was constructed by the organ building workshop M. Welte & Söhne in 1934 and 1935. Note is taken of the organ's origins in a Benedictine abbey in Gengenbach, Germany, the organ's dismantling in 1896, and the process of M. Welte & Söhne acquiring the reconstruction contract in the 1930s. Further details are given on the organ's specifications, as well as its building materials and cost.

The article presents information about the 57th international congress of members of the German organ society Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde, held on August 2-8, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic. Topics under discussion at the conference centered on the organ history of the Czech Republic. Group activities included a visit to a Czech monastery and its organ, as well as organ concerts performed by international musicians Petr Rajnoha, Petr Čech, and Jaroslav Túma.

The article presents the 2011 report of the Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde, the society of organ friends. Particular focus is given to the members' meeting held August 5, 2011 in 'S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, opened by the society's president Prof. Wolfgang Baumgratz. A list of events held in the year 2010/2011 is presented as well as details about memberships in the society.

The article discusses the general meeting of members of the German organist society (Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde GdO), which was held on August 3, 2012 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Other topics mentioned in this article include personnel changes within the GdO, organ music awards, and the publication of recent research in the field of musicology.

The article presents conference proceedings for the 57th international congress of members of the German organ society Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde, held on August 2-8, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic. Note is taken of the keynote speech given by the society president Wolfgang Baumgratz, and statistical information is provided concerning the number and type of society members as of July 30, 2009. Further information is given to reflect the society's financial status as of December 21, 2008.

The article announces the December 14, 2012 presentation of the Ausgewählter Ort 2012 (Selected Location 2012) award to the research organ of the Fraunhofer institute of Stuttgart, Germany.

A preview is presented of a September 9-14, 2013 conference in Sigmaringen, Germany on organ music of the Baroque period and music from the German region of Upper Swabia.

The successful defense by Josef Edwin Miltschitzky of his doctoral thesis at the Universiteit van Amsterdam university in Amsterdam, the Netherlands is announced.

The article is a eulogy to Professor Dr. Rudolf Walter, musicologist, who died on October 30, 2009.

The article presents information about the symposium "Orgelkultur in Baden-Württemberg" planned to convene in the palace Schloss Karlsruhe in July 2010 in Karlsruhe, Germany. The topic was the culture of organs relating to the building of the instrument and also organ music since the middle ages to the present in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.