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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... placed his researches on the Utrecht Psalter at his command , and also the courteous assistance rendered by the late the Hon . and Very Reverend Augustus Duncombe , D.D. , Dean of York , who permitted him to take valuable notes from the ...
... placed his researches on the Utrecht Psalter at his command , and also the courteous assistance rendered by the late the Hon . and Very Reverend Augustus Duncombe , D.D. , Dean of York , who permitted him to take valuable notes from the ...
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... placed under each pipe , so that , on pressing a given valve , a certain one would speak , by which arrangement it became obvious that the number of pipes might be increased indefi- nitely , the which being gradually accomplished , the ...
... placed under each pipe , so that , on pressing a given valve , a certain one would speak , by which arrangement it became obvious that the number of pipes might be increased indefi- nitely , the which being gradually accomplished , the ...
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... placed above the pipes , and were " horizontal . " The organ had no sooner become general in churches and cathedrals than some of the churchwardens of that day deemed their use during divine service scandalous and wicked ; and in the ...
... placed above the pipes , and were " horizontal . " The organ had no sooner become general in churches and cathedrals than some of the churchwardens of that day deemed their use during divine service scandalous and wicked ; and in the ...
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... placed by the side or in front of a larger instrument in a church ; it was made of small - scale pipes , and used for accompanying the voice ; the clavier was often behind the performer as he sat at the larger instrument . A good ...
... placed by the side or in front of a larger instrument in a church ; it was made of small - scale pipes , and used for accompanying the voice ; the clavier was often behind the performer as he sat at the larger instrument . A good ...
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... placed on the screen , dividing the nave from the choir , had a double front , and was altogether an ornament to the building . It was specially notable on account of the double diapason , 20ft . in length , and this is still retained ...
... placed on the screen , dividing the nave from the choir , had a double front , and was altogether an ornament to the building . It was specially notable on account of the double diapason , 20ft . in length , and this is still retained ...
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