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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... matter to chronicle about this period is the introduction of organs into the church , which at once lifted them from obscurity , and brought them prominently before the world at large . The credit of this step is accorded by Bellarmine ...
... matter to chronicle about this period is the introduction of organs into the church , which at once lifted them from obscurity , and brought them prominently before the world at large . The credit of this step is accorded by Bellarmine ...
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... matter up , and introduced the Venetian swell , which yet remains to us much as he left it . Jordan's son followed his father's footsteps , and eventually entered into partnership with him . They produced some fine instruments , of ...
... matter up , and introduced the Venetian swell , which yet remains to us much as he left it . Jordan's son followed his father's footsteps , and eventually entered into partnership with him . They produced some fine instruments , of ...
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... matters in the balance ; and there is no reason why the coming generation may not possess instruments as striking in design as they are perfect in internal mechanism . Before finally leaving the subject of builders , we would mention ...
... matters in the balance ; and there is no reason why the coming generation may not possess instruments as striking in design as they are perfect in internal mechanism . Before finally leaving the subject of builders , we would mention ...
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... matter . How necessary , therefore , is it that the organ , perhaps miles from the factory or skilled workman , with its long trackers , delicate draw - stop action , and the like , should be at once free from the possibility of so ...
... matter . How necessary , therefore , is it that the organ , perhaps miles from the factory or skilled workman , with its long trackers , delicate draw - stop action , and the like , should be at once free from the possibility of so ...
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... matters a little clearer : I - SOUND PRODUCING : - A. PIPES . a . Collecting - Bellows . B. WIND b . Reserving - Windchest . c . Distributing ( 2. Top - board . 11. Windtrunk . II . - SOUND COMMANDING : - A. CLAVIER ACTIONS . B ...
... matters a little clearer : I - SOUND PRODUCING : - A. PIPES . a . Collecting - Bellows . B. WIND b . Reserving - Windchest . c . Distributing ( 2. Top - board . 11. Windtrunk . II . - SOUND COMMANDING : - A. CLAVIER ACTIONS . B ...
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accessory altered arrangement backfall bass Bassoon bellows Bourdon Bryceson building built Cathedral ccc to F chamber CHAPTER Choir Organ Church Clarion Clarionet clavier combination command compass composition pedals compound stop construction coupler double draw draw-stop Dulciana effect electric action equal temperament Father Smith feeders Fifteenth flue pipes flue stops Flute frequently Gamba Gemshorn give grooves Harmonic holes instance instru keyboard length manual matter means mechanism ment mentioned Messrs metal Mixture movement mutation stops necessary Oboe octave One-Manual Solo Organ Open Diapason ordinary organ builders organist pallet Pedal Organ pitch placed playing portion position power-bellows pressure Principal produced ranks reed Renatus Harris reservoir roller 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-chest wood