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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... speak at once , which incon- venience was obviated by placing the fingers over those not required . The great drawback to the instrument being the difficulty of stopping the requisite number of pipes , we are not surprised at soon ...
... speak at once , which incon- venience was obviated by placing the fingers over those not required . The great drawback to the instrument being the difficulty of stopping the requisite number of pipes , we are not surprised at soon ...
Page 12
... speak the note natural to so long a tube , but probably the octave . The pedals were also introduced at about this period ; some say by a German named Bernhard , who was organist to the Doge of Venice ( A. D. 1470-80 ) ; but it seems ...
... speak the note natural to so long a tube , but probably the octave . The pedals were also introduced at about this period ; some say by a German named Bernhard , who was organist to the Doge of Venice ( A. D. 1470-80 ) ; but it seems ...
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... speak presently . Before entering into any account of Father Smith's organs , we would clearly place before our readers the extent of the instrument in his day . At the commencement of his career the swell was entirely unknown ( being ...
... speak presently . Before entering into any account of Father Smith's organs , we would clearly place before our readers the extent of the instrument in his day . At the commencement of his career the swell was entirely unknown ( being ...
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... Henry Willis , and now consists of a great swell , choir , and pedal organ , respectively , containing in all thirty - three speaking stops , of which an open diapason in the great , a similar 18 ORGANS AND ORGAN BUILDING .
... Henry Willis , and now consists of a great swell , choir , and pedal organ , respectively , containing in all thirty - three speaking stops , of which an open diapason in the great , a similar 18 ORGANS AND ORGAN BUILDING .
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... speaking pipes , which are considerably more than either the organ in S. Paul's Cathedral or that of S. Martin's Church , in London , contain , and are as well performed in every respect , notwithstanding this organ cost no more than ...
... speaking pipes , which are considerably more than either the organ in S. Paul's Cathedral or that of S. Martin's Church , in London , contain , and are as well performed in every respect , notwithstanding this organ cost no more than ...
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