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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... means of the breath being forced into them . The mythical god , Pan , has the honour of this invention ascribed to him . * But without treading the uncertain paths of myth , we find the Grecian and Latin shepherds frequently amused ...
... means of the breath being forced into them . The mythical god , Pan , has the honour of this invention ascribed to him . * But without treading the uncertain paths of myth , we find the Grecian and Latin shepherds frequently amused ...
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... 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 note would thus have had forty pipes , and as there is no ...
... 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 note would thus have had forty pipes , and as there is no ...
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... mean- " inge hereof , before the feast of the nativitie of Saint John Baptist , which shall " be in the yeare of our Lord God , one thousand six hundreth thirtie - four . In con- " sideracon of which worke undertaken to be done as ...
... mean- " inge hereof , before the feast of the nativitie of Saint John Baptist , which shall " be in the yeare of our Lord God , one thousand six hundreth thirtie - four . In con- " sideracon of which worke undertaken to be done as ...
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... means an unimportant part of the work , and was for many years considered of such consequence that it was put into the hands of a different set of workmen , and looked upon as a separate though in no way trifling part of the whole . It ...
... means an unimportant part of the work , and was for many years considered of such consequence that it was put into the hands of a different set of workmen , and looked upon as a separate though in no way trifling part of the whole . It ...
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... means of a special stop , which transfers the wind from one set to the other set of pipes on to one set of keys ( a most useful adaptation of the " Ventil " system ) , thus obviating the necessity for five distinct manuals without in ...
... means of a special stop , which transfers the wind from one set to the other set of pipes on to one set of keys ( a most useful adaptation of the " Ventil " system ) , thus obviating the necessity for five distinct manuals without in ...
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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