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 7
... keyboard was then unknown , and each note was commanded by means of a distinct lever- the compass could not have been more than ten notes , including one semitone ( the lyric ) , which probably took the position of our B flat . Each ...
... keyboard was then unknown , and each note was commanded by means of a distinct lever- the compass could not have been more than ten notes , including one semitone ( the lyric ) , which probably took the position of our B flat . Each ...
Page 8
... keyboard or clavier of two octaves . These keys were several inches wide , and were pressed down one at a time , and required no little weight to bring them into action , hence the old name of " organ beater , " which was the original ...
... keyboard or clavier of two octaves . These keys were several inches wide , and were pressed down one at a time , and required no little weight to bring them into action , hence the old name of " organ beater , " which was the original ...
Page 11
... keyboards , others that it meant " an organ with two stops ; " but it seems that in all cases where there were more that one clavier the expression " double organ was used , and it would appear that the word " " 66 payre alluded to no ...
... keyboards , others that it meant " an organ with two stops ; " but it seems that in all cases where there were more that one clavier the expression " double organ was used , and it would appear that the word " " 66 payre alluded to no ...
Page 12
... keyboard now began to assume the shape which it still retains , the monks , to whom we owe so much for having ... keyboards had already appeared in one instrument , and given rise to the term " double organ , " mentioned above , and this ...
... keyboard now began to assume the shape which it still retains , the monks , to whom we owe so much for having ... keyboards had already appeared in one instrument , and given rise to the term " double organ , " mentioned above , and this ...
Page 32
... keyboard , nay even the outside of the bellows , were of alabaster . The same authority speaks of the quaint external embellishment of organs , and says that " The whole case was ornamented with statues , heads of angels , vases ...
... keyboard , nay even the outside of the bellows , were of alabaster . The same authority speaks of the quaint external embellishment of organs , and says that " The whole case was ornamented with statues , heads of angels , vases ...
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