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I added page scans for the 1906 Missionary Hymnal from the scanned version at Internet Archive. This is in part an test to see how it adding page scans from IA goes.

Summary: it works! It took some messing around for me to figure out how to get the images out of Internet Archive, how to convert them to a usable format, upload, etc. However, it can be done and it probably only takes an hour or two for a typical hymnal. There are hundreds more scanned hymnals at Internet Archive -- anyone interested in giving it a try?

A shiny new feature has just been added to Hymnary's search capabilities: a new tool for searching tunes by their melody. If you've ever tried searching by incipit, you know that it is far from easy - you have to convert notes to numbers in your head, and if you drop a note or misremember a pitch, nothing comes up. This new tool aims to take the pain out of the process by letting you input your search melody directly in musical notation, with no mental gymnastics required! (Read all about how to use it here).

Over the next few days and weeks, Hymnary will be undergoing a number of changes as we merge our collection of hymn data with the extensive Dictionary of North American Hymnology.
On Wednesday, July 8, the Hymnary.org web site will be down for several hours as we import DNAH's over 1 million texts and nearly 5,000 hymnals. Afterward, our site will contain not only the added texts and hymnals, but also a number of new and revised features for viewing and searching the database.
Please note that the DNAH data may be incomplete or incorrect until we've had a chance to edit it, and some of the new features may not be fully functional yet. Thank you for your patience in this process!

Take a look at the recently added United Methodist supplement The Faith We Sing, the Presbyterian (PCUSA) supplement Sing the Faith, and the Revival Hymns and Choruses hymnal from Singapore.