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 9
... tuned , was a fixed mixture , and always produced the chord to which the pipes were tuned . The oldest 12 mixture spoken of was 8 in relation to the fundamental . There are 5 others containing the third mentioned . We would point out ...
... tuned , was a fixed mixture , and always produced the chord to which the pipes were tuned . The oldest 12 mixture spoken of was 8 in relation to the fundamental . There are 5 others containing the third mentioned . We would point out ...
Page 10
... tuned to the fundamental , and perhaps only one to the twelfth , octave , and fifth severally , so that the mixture effect was not necessarilly so overpowering as might at first be imagined . This is said by some to have been the origin ...
... tuned to the fundamental , and perhaps only one to the twelfth , octave , and fifth severally , so that the mixture effect was not necessarilly so overpowering as might at first be imagined . This is said by some to have been the origin ...
Page 59
... tuning . In accordance with these views four distinct plans have been adopted : In the first of which , usually applied to the " great " and " choir " depart- ments of ordinary organs , the grooves , and therefore the pipes , assume an ...
... tuning . In accordance with these views four distinct plans have been adopted : In the first of which , usually applied to the " great " and " choir " depart- ments of ordinary organs , the grooves , and therefore the pipes , assume an ...
Page 61
... useful and convenient in an organ , not only as a means of access for tuning , but also that any of the adjacent surroundings may be 4 easily examined without danger to the pipes . Again CHROMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF PIPES . 61.
... useful and convenient in an organ , not only as a means of access for tuning , but also that any of the adjacent surroundings may be 4 easily examined without danger to the pipes . Again CHROMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF PIPES . 61.
Page 62
... tuned by altering the condition of cc sharp , its immediate neighbour . This occurs so much in the lower and larger pipes that it has almost entirely prevented the adoption of this plan among the higher class of builders , except for ...
... tuned by altering the condition of cc sharp , its immediate neighbour . This occurs so much in the lower and larger pipes that it has almost entirely prevented the adoption of this plan among the higher class of builders , except for ...
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