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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Page 62
... electric actions are brought to bear , the touch is lighter and more immediately responsive . It is difficult to assert which of these is the best arrangement , inas . much as so many bearings arise in each individual case that in ...
... electric actions are brought to bear , the touch is lighter and more immediately responsive . It is difficult to assert which of these is the best arrangement , inas . much as so many bearings arise in each individual case that in ...
Page 64
... in proportion , and in some cases when the various manuals were coupled , it became a matter of strength as well as musical skill to play the instrument . All this has been met by the Pneumatic and Electric actions , and CHAPTER V. ...
... in proportion , and in some cases when the various manuals were coupled , it became a matter of strength as well as musical skill to play the instrument . All this has been met by the Pneumatic and Electric actions , and CHAPTER V. ...
Page 65
... Electric actions , and it is now rare indeed that any organ of importance is built without the aid of one , if not both , of these . The former is used in ordinary organs to lighten the touch of the several or combined manuals , whereas ...
... Electric actions , and it is now rare indeed that any organ of importance is built without the aid of one , if not both , of these . The former is used in ordinary organs to lighten the touch of the several or combined manuals , whereas ...
Page 66
... electric actions are in their proper place ; but imagine an organ of small size in the depths of the country , with , say , fifty - six extra power bellows or two galvanic batteries requiring attention . Sim- plicity in every possible ...
... electric actions are in their proper place ; but imagine an organ of small size in the depths of the country , with , say , fifty - six extra power bellows or two galvanic batteries requiring attention . Sim- plicity in every possible ...
Page 67
... electric action is used . There may be from one to four , or even more , manual claviers to an organ , though there is usually only one pedal clavier . Where there is more than one manual , they are always placed so that the lowest is ...
... electric action is used . There may be from one to four , or even more , manual claviers to an organ , though there is usually only one pedal clavier . Where there is more than one manual , they are always placed so that the lowest is ...
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