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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... 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 professional title of the ...
... 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 professional title of the ...
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... octave , and fifth severally , so that the mixture effect was not necessarilly so overpowering as might at first be imagined . This is said by some to have been the origin of harmony , though it appears merely a supposition for which ...
... octave , and fifth severally , so that the mixture effect was not necessarilly so overpowering as might at first be imagined . This is said by some to have been the origin of harmony , though it appears merely a supposition for which ...
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... octaves in all . The semitones , too , were now invariably found in their places ; they are said to have first been used in ... octave . The pedals were also introduced at about this period ; some say by a German named Bernhard , who was ...
... octaves in all . The semitones , too , were now invariably found in their places ; they are said to have first been used in ... octave . The pedals were also introduced at about this period ; some say by a German named Bernhard , who was ...
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... octave , and was confined to one stop , which met the " trumpett . " There was a quaint arrangement which caused two gilt stars to revolve in the front of the case when the organ was used , and according to the direction of their ...
... octave , and was confined to one stop , which met the " trumpett . " There was a quaint arrangement which caused two gilt stars to revolve in the front of the case when the organ was used , and according to the direction of their ...
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... octave have since been attempted from time to time , but the complications necessary were found to render precise manipulation so difficult that the idea has been practically abandoned . The Temple organ had fourteen divisions in the octave ...
... octave have since been attempted from time to time , but the complications necessary were found to render precise manipulation so difficult that the idea has been practically abandoned . The Temple organ had fourteen divisions in the octave ...
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