Organs and Organ Building: A Treatise on the History and Construction of the Organ, from Its Origin to the Present Day, with Important Specifications"The Bazaar" Office, 1881 - 248 pages |
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... amateur have either the time or desire to attain , whereas those of the second are for the most part too shallow to afford the student any lasting benefit or satisfaction . It has , therefore , been the endeavour of the author in this ...
... amateur have either the time or desire to attain , whereas those of the second are for the most part too shallow to afford the student any lasting benefit or satisfaction . It has , therefore , been the endeavour of the author in this ...
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... amateur very much as he started with regard to actual knowledge . These latter , too , have frequently been compiled by persons interested in certain instruments or building firms , and have had a tail of very limited general ...
... amateur very much as he started with regard to actual knowledge . These latter , too , have frequently been compiled by persons interested in certain instruments or building firms , and have had a tail of very limited general ...
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... amateur already versed therein to build from our description an organ , it would be hopeless for him who is not an adept in the use of the tools to attempt to construct an instrument by the aid of the following chapters . We should , to ...
... amateur already versed therein to build from our description an organ , it would be hopeless for him who is not an adept in the use of the tools to attempt to construct an instrument by the aid of the following chapters . We should , to ...
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... to an organ , let us once more point out that simplicity is here the talisman that should guide alike the professed builder and the amateur . The Claviers and Key Movement Key Action - Trackers - 66 ORGANS AND ORGAN BUILDING .
... to an organ , let us once more point out that simplicity is here the talisman that should guide alike the professed builder and the amateur . The Claviers and Key Movement Key Action - Trackers - 66 ORGANS AND ORGAN BUILDING .
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... amateur , patented a very intricate electric system , chiefly in connection with the introduction of the enharmonic scale , which requires forty sounds to the octave . He describes several forms of light pallets already known to the ...
... amateur , patented a very intricate electric system , chiefly in connection with the introduction of the enharmonic scale , which requires forty sounds to the octave . He describes several forms of light pallets already known to the ...
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according action added advantage allowed altered appear arrangement bass become bellows builders building built called Cathedral cause chamber chapter character Choir Church closed combination compass complete connection construction contains coupler direction double draw effect electric entirely Fifteenth Flute frequently give given grooves hand Illustrated important instance instrument larger length less lever lower manual matter means mechanism mentioned metal Mixture movement natural necessary occur octave once Open Diapason ordinary organ original pallet pedal performer perhaps pipes pitch placed playing pneumatic portion position Practical present Principal produced ranks reed regard remains scale separate side sliders soft solo sometimes sound sound-board speaking Stopped Diapason stops sufficient supply Swell termed tone tube tuned upper usual valve various vibrations wind wood
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