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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... built , together with short incidental notices of the older builders who have in our better instruments left lasting monuments of their fame . The actual origin of the organ will ever remain in obscurity , though there can be no doubt ...
... built , together with short incidental notices of the older builders who have in our better instruments left lasting monuments of their fame . The actual origin of the organ will ever remain in obscurity , though there can be no doubt ...
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... built an organ for Louis I. , King of France , at Aix - la- Chapelle . Some authorities state that this instrument was not blown by water , and was , therefore , a " pneumatic organ , though , as other writers distinctly mention it as ...
... built an organ for Louis I. , King of France , at Aix - la- Chapelle . Some authorities state that this instrument was not blown by water , and was , therefore , a " pneumatic organ , though , as other writers distinctly mention it as ...
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... built by Faber , a priest , A.D. 1361 , was the first which possessed the semitones complete . The size of the pipes of this instrument is of great interest , it having been stated that the compass was from B in the bass to A in the ...
... built by Faber , a priest , A.D. 1361 , was the first which possessed the semitones complete . The size of the pipes of this instrument is of great interest , it having been stated that the compass was from B in the bass to A in the ...
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... built an organ for Merton College , as also one for Magdalen Chapel . The names of Chamberlyn ( 1509 ) , Perrott ( 1526 ) , and White ( 1531 ) , appear as having belonged to builders who repaired or altered Wotton's instru- ment at the ...
... built an organ for Merton College , as also one for Magdalen Chapel . The names of Chamberlyn ( 1509 ) , Perrott ( 1526 ) , and White ( 1531 ) , appear as having belonged to builders who repaired or altered Wotton's instru- ment at the ...
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... built by Bernhard Schmidt ( 1696 ) . The reason given is that the conveyancers would have such a distance to go , and would be- come too complicated . The Exeter organ has , as just stated , been fre- quently added to , and has lately ...
... built by Bernhard Schmidt ( 1696 ) . The reason given is that the conveyancers would have such a distance to go , and would be- come too complicated . The Exeter organ has , as just stated , been fre- quently added to , and has lately ...
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