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 4
... of advancing the hydraulicon , and it will be curious to notice that the water used to act on the instrument was first pumped by manual labour , and seems only to have performed the part. 4 ORGANS AND ORGAN BUILDING .
... of advancing the hydraulicon , and it will be curious to notice that the water used to act on the instrument was first pumped by manual labour , and seems only to have performed the part. 4 ORGANS AND ORGAN BUILDING .
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... manuals , and the instrument contains twenty speaking stops . We mentioned just now that the swell was introduced ... manual instrument , containing about thirty - five stops in all . The latter was constructed in the year 1733 , the ...
... manuals , and the instrument contains twenty speaking stops . We mentioned just now that the swell was introduced ... manual instrument , containing about thirty - five stops in all . The latter was constructed in the year 1733 , the ...
Page 23
... manual instrument , which , if we except the absence of pedal pipes , was up to the knowledge and attainments of that date . The original synopsis runs as follows : - GREAT ORGAN . Compass GG to e3 , no GG sharp , 57 notes . 1. Large ...
... manual instrument , which , if we except the absence of pedal pipes , was up to the knowledge and attainments of that date . The original synopsis runs as follows : - GREAT ORGAN . Compass GG to e3 , no GG sharp , 57 notes . 1. Large ...
Page 24
... manual , and brought it up to the compass and requirements of the present day . The following analysis will show the addi- tions , and what still remains to be done , 24 ORGANS AND ORGAN BUILDING . 1. Open diapason (4 lowest pipes all ...
... manual , and brought it up to the compass and requirements of the present day . The following analysis will show the addi- tions , and what still remains to be done , 24 ORGANS AND ORGAN BUILDING . 1. Open diapason (4 lowest pipes all ...
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... manual , in one case , at least , going so low as tenor C. His masterpiece was the organ of Canterbury Cathedral , which , with the exception of seven pedal pipes added in 1825 , still remains as he left it ; it was opened 8th July ...
... manual , in one case , at least , going so low as tenor C. His masterpiece was the organ of Canterbury Cathedral , which , with the exception of seven pedal pipes added in 1825 , still remains as he left it ; it was opened 8th July ...
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accessory Amateurs arrangement backfall bass Bassoon bellows Bourdon Bryceson builders built Cathedral ccc to F chamber CHAPTER Choir Organ Church Clarionet clavier cloth gilt combination compass composition pedals compound stop construction contains coupler double draw draw-stop Dulciana effect electric equal temperament feeders Fifteenth flue pipes flue stops Flute frequently Gamba Gemshorn give grooves Harmonic holes Illustrated instance instru keyboard length lever manual matter mechanism ment mentioned Messrs metal Mixture movement mutation stops necessary Oboe octave One-Manual Solo Organ Open Diapason ordinary organ building organist pallet Pedal Organ pitch placed playing pneumatic portion position power-bellows Principal produced ranks reed Renatus Harris scale semitones sliders small organs soft sound sound-board speaking sticker Stopped Diapason supply tenor tone top-board tracker treble Tremulant Tremulant to Swell Trumpet trundle tube tuned upper boards usual valve vibrations Voix Celeste Vox Humana wind wind-chest wood