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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... mechanism . Before finally leaving the subject of builders , we would mention the fact that , although we have now sufficient native talent to supply our wants , nevertheless there is still found enough room for the foreign builder to ...
... mechanism . Before finally leaving the subject of builders , we would mention the fact that , although we have now sufficient native talent to supply our wants , nevertheless there is still found enough room for the foreign builder to ...
Page 39
... mechanism may be attended with results at once serious and expensive . Not only does this hold good with regard to the pipes and sound - producing elements , but also to the sound- commanding portions , and we are not going too far ...
... mechanism may be attended with results at once serious and expensive . Not only does this hold good with regard to the pipes and sound - producing elements , but also to the sound- commanding portions , and we are not going too far ...
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... mechanism is so much more delicate , so much greater in extent , and so difficult of access ? Seasoning is the guard against warping , and well - seasoned wood assumes the shape that it will retain until , overcome by age , it goes the ...
... mechanism is so much more delicate , so much greater in extent , and so difficult of access ? Seasoning is the guard against warping , and well - seasoned wood assumes the shape that it will retain until , overcome by age , it goes the ...
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... mechanism in relation to " " touch , " to substitute two small or ordinary sized ones , thus avoiding the use of a large unwieldy pallet , instead of which two of the usual dimensions are used , one opening slightly after the other ...
... mechanism in relation to " " touch , " to substitute two small or ordinary sized ones , thus avoiding the use of a large unwieldy pallet , instead of which two of the usual dimensions are used , one opening slightly after the other ...
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... • @ C O .. 0 • Q • @ 0 о 0 目 C A A 3 FIG 16 . THE TABLE , to bring about this result , that it may be naturally looked upon as a part of the mechanism which produces it . The table being a roof to each and all of THE TABLE . 53.
... • @ C O .. 0 • Q • @ 0 о 0 目 C A A 3 FIG 16 . THE TABLE , to bring about this result , that it may be naturally looked upon as a part of the mechanism which produces it . The table being a roof to each and all of THE TABLE . 53.
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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