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 11
... scale pipes , and used for accompanying the voice ; the clavier was often behind the performer as he sat at the larger instrument . A good instance of its position may be seen in the present organ of St. Paul's Cathedral , where the ...
... scale pipes , and used for accompanying the voice ; the clavier was often behind the performer as he sat at the larger instrument . A good instance of its position may be seen in the present organ of St. Paul's Cathedral , where the ...
Page 30
... scale , the open diapason in each case being 34in . diameter ( tenor C ) . In the same town , in All Saints Church , there has been erected , under the direction of Mr. Koskell , a very fine instrument containing fifty - two speaking ...
... scale , the open diapason in each case being 34in . diameter ( tenor C ) . In the same town , in All Saints Church , there has been erected , under the direction of Mr. Koskell , a very fine instrument containing fifty - two speaking ...
Page 64
... scale . Analogous to this action comes that which plays the same part in connection with the pedals . It will not be possible in a limited work of this description to describe every kind of action which has from time to time found ...
... scale . Analogous to this action comes that which plays the same part in connection with the pedals . It will not be possible in a limited work of this description to describe every kind of action which has from time to time found ...
Page 74
... scale in this plan this alternation continues . This difficulty is met by placing the backfalls parallel with each other , and bringing each under its individual pallet by means of a separate roller ( as just described in the lower ...
... scale in this plan this alternation continues . This difficulty is met by placing the backfalls parallel with each other , and bringing each under its individual pallet by means of a separate roller ( as just described in the lower ...
Page 83
... scale , which requires forty sounds to the octave . He describes several forms of light pallets already known to the trade , and proposed to open them by a direct application of the electro magnet , as did Dr. Gauntlett . The pneumatic ...
... scale , which requires forty sounds to the octave . He describes several forms of light pallets already known to the trade , and proposed to open them by a direct application of the electro magnet , as did Dr. Gauntlett . The pneumatic ...
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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