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Books about Organs
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The Art of Organ Building (Volume 2 of 2) by George Ashdown Audsley (Author)
Book description
Volume 2 of this set includes an 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. Set includes 385 figures and 15 plates.
Paperback: 758 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications; Reprint edition (April 1, 1988)
Language: English
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Arte completo del constructor de órganos o sea guía manual del organero by Mariano Tafall y Miguel
Book description
Interesante facsímil. 4 volúmenes pequeños.
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Organología by Alberto Merklin
Book description
Interesante facsímil
Publisher: Maxtor
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The Reed organ: its design and construction by H.F. Milne
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Mémoires d'acoustique et d'organologie musicales: présentés à la Société Royale des Sciences de Montpellier à la fin du XVIIIe siècle by Roland Galtier, Societé Royale de Sciences de Montpellier - Francia (editor)
Publisher: Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues (Hérault, France): Editions du Bérange, 1999.
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The Organ of the Twentieth Century by George Ashdown Audsley (Author)
Book description
Highly illustrated classic of musicology fully describes in thorough scope and detail the divisional tonal apportionment that has become fundamental to modern organ-building. Chapters include material on tonal composition and appointment, the console, pedal clavier, construction of the swell-box, and the forms and construction of various pipes. Includes 32 plates and 106 figures.
Paperback: 576 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
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The Art of Organ Building (Volume 1 of 2) by George Ashdown Audsley (Author)
Book description
Volume 1 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, more. Complete with illustrations, tables, and specifications. Set includes 385 figures and 15 plates.
Paperback: 612 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications; Reprint edition
Language: English
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Organ-Stops and Their Artistic Registration by George Ashdown Audsley (Author)
Book description
This 1921 classic guide to the "Monarch of all Instruments" supplies various names of each stop in different languages, traces their origins, and describes their construction, tonal characteristics, and value in artistic combination and registration. A "must-have" for the organist's library. Introduction by Rollin Smith. Includes 5 plates of illustrations.
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
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The Cambridge Companion to the Organ (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Nicholas Thistlethwaite (Editor), Geoffrey Webber (Editor)
Book description
This Companion is an essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music. The early chapters examine the instrument's history and construction, and consider the scientific basis of its sounds, pitch and tuning. Central chapters investigate the practical art of learning and playing, and introduce the complex area of performance practice, while the final section explores the vast repertoire of organ music, by country, focusing on a selection of the most important traditions. The contributors are all experts in their field, making this the most authoritative reference book currently available.
Paperback: 354 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
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The Making of the Victorian Organ (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs) by Nicholas Thistlethwaite (Author)
Book description
Between 1820 and 1870 a number of influences combined to bring about a radical transformation in the design and use of English organs. This important book provides a comprehensive survey of English organ building during those innovative fifty years in its history. It is richly illustrated with photographs and specially drawn diagrams and contains an invaluable appendix of organ specifications. This is a documentary source book and history that will be indispensable for all those, professionals or amateurs, that have an interest in the organ.
Paperback: 584 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; New Ed edition
Language: English
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A checklist of harpsichords, clavichords, organs, harmoniums (Checklists of the musical instrument collection of the Haags Gemeentemusuem, the Hague) by Clemens von Gleich (Author)
Unknown Binding: 103 pages
Publisher: Musical Instrument Collection, Music Dept., Haags Gemeentemusuem
Language: English
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Organ building for amateurs: A practical guide for home-workers. Containing specifications, designs, and full instructions for making every portion of the instrument by Mark Wicks (Author)
Unknown Binding: 287 pages
Publisher: Organ Literature Foundation
Language: English
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Organ Construction by J. W Hinton (Author)
Hardcover
Publisher: L: Weekes, 3rd ed, revised and enlarged
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A Practical Treatise on Organ-Building by Frederick Ewart Robertson (Author)
Hardcover
Publisher: Library Reprints
Language: English
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Organ Building and Design. (Textbook Binding) by Poul Gerhard. Andersen (Author)
Publisher: Oxford University Press (January 1969)
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Recent Revolution in Organ Building by George Laing Miller (Author)
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Second edition (June 1913)
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The art of organ-building: A comprehensive historical, theoretical, and practical treatise on the tonal appointment and mechanical construction of concert-room, church, and chamber organs by George Ashdown Audsley (Author)
Unknown Binding
Publisher: Dover Publications (1965)
Language: English
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How to build a small two-manual chamber pipe organ: A practical guide for amateurs with full instructions for making, including chapters on tuning and ... and scale working drawing by H. F Milne (Author)
Unknown Binding: 169 pages
Publisher: Musical Opinion (1925)
Language: English
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The Pipe Organ and Player Piano - Construction, Repair, and Tuning by Oliver C. Faust (Author)
Hardcover: 232 pages
Publisher: Wexford College Press (March 2003)
Language: English
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The Pipe Organ - Reed, Orchestrelle, And Player Piano - Construction, Repair And Tuning by Oliver C. Faust (Author)
Hardcover: 236 pages
Publisher: Merchant Books (September 12, 2006)
Language: English
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Standard organ building, by William Horatio Clarke (Author)
Unknown Binding: 6 pages
Publisher: R.G. Badger (1913)
Language: English
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Modern organ building: Being a practical explanation and description of the whole art of organ construction, with especial regard to pneumatic action, ... voicing, etc (Bibliotheca organologica) by Walter Lewis (Author)
Unknown Binding: 164 pages
Publisher: F. Knuf (1986)
Language: English
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