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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Page 7
... position of our B flat . Each note would thus have had forty pipes , and as there is no reason to believe that any form of register or stop was known , it is obvious that the organ was always at its full power . Whether the " seventy ...
... position of our B flat . Each note would thus have had forty pipes , and as there is no reason to believe that any form of register or stop was known , it is obvious that the organ was always at its full power . Whether the " seventy ...
Page 11
... position may be seen in the present organ of St. Paul's Cathedral , where the performer sits with his back to what represents an old " chayre , " or chaire ' organ , that name being an evident corruption of " choir " organ , and ...
... position may be seen in the present organ of St. Paul's Cathedral , where the performer sits with his back to what represents an old " chayre , " or chaire ' organ , that name being an evident corruption of " choir " organ , and ...
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... position of organist at St. Margaret's , Westminster , up to his death , which happened , probably , in the year 1708. Before leaving Father Smith we must state that he was an indefatigable toiler at his art , building many instruments ...
... position of organist at St. Margaret's , Westminster , up to his death , which happened , probably , in the year 1708. Before leaving Father Smith we must state that he was an indefatigable toiler at his art , building many instruments ...
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... size , is made on the " Ventil system , " and seems to answer well , though we do not apprehend that we shall ever adopt the idea generally in this < country . CHAPTER VI . Oddities in organ building - Its position FRENCH ORGANS . 31.
... size , is made on the " Ventil system , " and seems to answer well , though we do not apprehend that we shall ever adopt the idea generally in this < country . CHAPTER VI . Oddities in organ building - Its position FRENCH ORGANS . 31.
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... position - Present condition of perfection . Ir is but natural that , in glancing through the united organs of all ages and nations , the interested student of the subject is occasionally startled by some curious oddity , an experiment ...
... position - Present condition of perfection . Ir is but natural that , in glancing through the united organs of all ages and nations , the interested student of the subject is occasionally startled by some curious oddity , an experiment ...
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