The Art of Organ Building, Vol. 2
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The Art of Organ Building, Vol. 2

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The Art of Organ Building, Vol. 2

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Volume 2 of the fullest repository on organ building and history in English language. Includes outline of organ history, external design and decoration, internal arrangement and mechanical systems, acoustics and theories of sound-production in organ pipes, tonal structure and appointment, compound stops of the organ, more. Complete with illustrations, tables, and specifications. "...the most significant republication in our field for the past twenty years...an incomparable, invaluable book." — American Guild of Organists Quarterly.

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Information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9780486779836
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music
INDEX
A
Action for Church Organ, i. 200-202. For Concert-room Organ, i. 265.
ACUTA, AKUTA, o. s., i. 452-453, 505-506.
Adjustable Combination Action, i. 208-209; ii. 407-422.
ÆOLINE, ÆOLINA, ÄOLINE, o. s., i. 506; ii. 552.
ÆOLODICON, o. s., i. 506.
ÄQUALPRINCIPAL, o. s., i. 506.
Amsterdam, Organ in Nieuwe Kerk (1673), i. 65. Organ in Old Church (1686), 1. 65.
AMOROSA, o. s., i. 506.
Anemometer—Invented by Förner, i. 57. Construction of, ii. 673-674 (Fig. CCCLXIX., ii. 674).
ANGENEHMGEDECKT, o. s., i. 506.
Antegnati—Italian organ builders, i. 54.
ANTHROPOGLOSSA, o. s., i. 506.
Antwerp, Organ in Cathedral of (1645), i. 68.
APFELREGAL, o. s., i. 506; ii. 589 (Fig. CCCL., ii. 589).
Archiorgano — Constructed by Vincenzo Columbi, i. 55.
Audsley-Willis Pedal Clavier, ii. 142-143 (Fig. CIX., ii. 142).
Augmentation of the Treble, Systems for, ii. 6. By increased pressures, ii. 6-10. By enlargement of pipe-scales, ii. 10. By harmonic pipes, ii. 10-12. By voicing and regulating, ii. 12.
B
Backfalls described, ii. 167-174(Figs. CXXIX., ii. 168; CXXX., CXXXI., ii. 169; CXXXII., ii. 171; CXXXIII., ii. 172; CXXXIV., ii. 173; CXXXV., ii. 174).
Backfalls, Straight and oblique, for manual and pedal couplers, ii. 157 (Fig. CXVIII., ii. 157). For octave and sub couplers, ii. 174 (Fig. CXXXV., ii. 174).
Backfall-beam, ii. 168-169 (Fig. CXXX., ii. 169).
Backfall Couplers, ii. 111-119.
Bag-pipe, Ancient Grecian, i. 8.
Balanced Expression-lever, ii. 670, 672.
Balanced Pedal—Proper form of expression-lever, ii. 48.
Barcelona, Organ in Cathedral of, i. 51 (Fig. XVIII.).
BARDONE, BORDONE, o. s., i. 507.
BAREM, o. s., i. 507.
Barker’s Relief Pallet, ii. 233 (Fig, CLXXI., ii. 234).
BÄRPFEIFE, BAARPIJP, o. s., i. 507; ii. 590 (Fig. CCCL., ii. 589).
BARYTONE, BARITONO, o. s., i. 507.
BASSBRUMMER, o. s., i. 510.
BASSET-HORN, BASSETTHORN, o. s., i. 507.
BASS FLUTE, BASSFLÖTE, o. s., i. 507.
BASSONELL, BASSANELLO, o. s., i. 507.
BASSOON, BASSON, o. s., i. 507-508.
BASSPOSAUNE, BASS TROMBONE, o. s., i. 508.
BASS TUBA, BASSTUBA, o. s., i. 491-492, 508.
BASS VIOL, o. s., i. 508.
BAUERNFLÖTE, BAUERNPFEIFE, o. s., i. 508.
BAXONCILLO, BAJONCILLO, o. s., i. 508.
BAZUIN, o. s., i. 508.
Bearers, Wind-chest, ii. 206 (Fig. CLVI., ii. 212).
BEARDED GAMBA, o. s., i. 508.
Beech for pipe-making, ii. 431-432.
BELL DIAPASON, o. s., i. 508.
BELL GAMBA, o. s., i. 509.
Bellows, Ancient Greek, i. 8, 16. Described by Theophilus, i. 25-26. Of ancient Halberstadt and Magdeburg Organs, i. 28. Improved in Germany in 16th century, i. 57-58. Location of in Chamber Organ, i. 124. Hedgeland’s patent (1892), ii. 357. General remarks on the, ii. 675-676. Simple or diagonal form of, ii. 676-677. Middle-board and trunk-band of the, ii. 677-678 (Fig. I., Plate XII.). Receiver of the compound, ii. 677-679. Form and construction of the horizontal or compound, ii. 677-699 (Plate XIV.). Middle-board valves, ii. 678-680 (Fig. II., Plate XII.). Top-board of the, ii. 681 (Fig. IV., Plate XII.). Pressure applied to receiver of, ii. 681. Waste-valve, ii. 681-682 (Fig. CCCLXX., ii. 681). Floating-frame of the, ii. 682 (Fig. V., Plate XII.). ...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. CHAPTER XV. The Weakness and the Augmentation of the Treble.
  6. CHAPTER XVI. Borrowing and Duplication.
  7. CHAPTER XVII. Tablature and Compass of the Organ.
  8. CHAPTER XVIII. The Swell in the Organ.
  9. CHAPTER XIX. The Manual Claviers.
  10. CHAPTER XX. The Manual Couplers.
  11. CHAPTER XXI. The Pedal Clavier.
  12. CHAPTER XXII. The Pedal Couplers.
  13. CHAPTER XXIII. The Tracker Action.
  14. CHAPTER XXIV. The Slider and Pallet Wind-Chest.
  15. CHAPTER XXV. The Relief Pallet.
  16. CHAPTER XXVI. The Pneumatic Lever.
  17. CHAPTER XXVII. The Ventil Wind-Chest. Mechanical
  18. CHAPTER XXVIII. Tubular-Pneumatic Action.
  19. CHAPTER XXIX. The Ventil Wind-Chest. Pneumatic
  20. CHAPTER XXX. The Draw-Stop Action.
  21. CHAPTER XXXI. The Pneumatic Couplers.
  22. CHAPTER XXXII. The Combination Action.
  23. CHAPTER XXXIII. Wood Pipes: And the Materials Used in Their Construction.
  24. CHAPTER XXXIV. Wood Pipes: And Their Modes of Construction.
  25. CHAPTER XXXV. Metal Pipes: And the Materials Used in Their Construction.
  26. CHAPTER XXXVI. Metal Pipes: And Their Modes of Construction.
  27. CHAPTER XXXVII. Scales of Labial Pipes.
  28. CHAPTER XXXVIII. Reed Pipes: And Their Modes of Construction.
  29. CHAPTER XXXIX. The Art of Voicing.
  30. CHAPTER XL. Pitch, Tuning, and Regulating.
  31. CHAPTER XLI. The Tremolant.
  32. CHAPTER XLII. Construction of the Swell-Box.
  33. CHAPTER XLIII. The Expression-Lever.
  34. CHAPTER XLIV. The Anemometer.
  35. CHAPTER XLV. The Bellows and Its Accessories.
  36. CHAPTER XLVI. Electricity in Organ-Building.
  37. Specifications.
  38. Index.
  39. Back Cover