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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... pneumatic organ , though , as other writers distinctly mention it as an hydraulic organ , it is better to infer that it was no exception to the usual kind then made . It must be noticed that hitherto organs were imported into Europe ...
... pneumatic organ , though , as other writers distinctly mention it as an hydraulic organ , it is better to infer that it was no exception to the usual kind then made . It must be noticed that hitherto organs were imported into Europe ...
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... pneumatic nor electric actions are brought to bear , the touch is lighter and more immediately responsive . It is difficult to assert which of these is the best arrangement , inas . much as so many bearings arise in each individual case ...
... pneumatic nor electric actions are brought to bear , the touch is lighter and more immediately responsive . It is difficult to assert which of these is the best arrangement , inas . much as so many bearings arise in each individual case ...
Page 64
... and in some cases when the various manuals were coupled , it became a matter of strength as well as musical skill to play the instrument . All this has been met by the Pneumatic and Electric actions , and CHAPTER V. ...
... and in some cases when the various manuals were coupled , it became a matter of strength as well as musical skill to play the instrument . All this has been met by the Pneumatic and Electric actions , and CHAPTER V. ...
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... Pneumatic and Electric actions , and it is now rare indeed that any organ of importance is built without the aid of one , if not both , of these . The former is used in ordinary organs to lighten the touch of the several or combined ...
... Pneumatic and Electric actions , and it is now rare indeed that any organ of importance is built without the aid of one , if not both , of these . The former is used in ordinary organs to lighten the touch of the several or combined ...
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... pneumatic or any scheme , but be careful never to insert an extra source of possible error in constructing an instrument . As we have said before , each case must have its indi- vidualities . It often occurs that the pneumatic is a ...
... pneumatic or any scheme , but be careful never to insert an extra source of possible error in constructing an instrument . As we have said before , each case must have its indi- vidualities . It often occurs that the pneumatic is a ...
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according action added advantage allowed altered appear arrangement bass become bellows builders building built called Cathedral cause chamber chapter character Choir Church closed combination compass complete connection construction contains coupler direction double draw effect electric entirely Fifteenth Flute frequently give given grooves hand Illustrated important instance instrument larger length less lever lower manual matter means mechanism mentioned metal Mixture movement natural necessary occur octave once Open Diapason ordinary organ original pallet pedal performer perhaps pipes pitch placed playing pneumatic portion position Practical present Principal produced ranks reed regard remains scale separate side sliders soft solo sometimes sound sound-board speaking Stopped Diapason stops sufficient supply Swell termed tone tube tuned upper usual valve various vibrations wind wood
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