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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)

Book description

Unknown Binding: 103 pages.
Publisher: Musical Instrument Collection, Music Dept., Haags Gemeentemusuem
Language: English

 

 
A Practical Treatise on Organ-Building by Frederick Ewart Robertson (Author)

Book description

Hardcover: pages.
Publisher: Library Reprints
Language: English

 

 
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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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)

Book description

Unknown Binding: 169 pages.
Publisher: Musical Opinion (1925)
Language: English

 

 
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)

Book description

: pages.
Publisher: Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues (Hérault, France): Editions du Bérange, 1999.
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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)

Book description

Unknown Binding: 164 pages.
Publisher: F. Knuf (1986)
Language: English

 

 
Organ Building and Design. (Textbook Binding) by Poul Gerhard. Andersen (Author)

Book description

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Publisher: Oxford University Press (January 1969)
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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)

Book description

Paperback: pages.
Publisher: Organ Literature Foundation
Language: English

 

 
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)

Book description

Unknown Binding: 287 pages.
Publisher: Organ Literature Foundation
Language: English

 

 
Organ Construction by J. W Hinton (Author)

Book description

Hardcover: pages.
Publisher: L: Weekes, 3rd ed, revised and enlarged
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Organ Construction by J. W Hinton (Author)

Book description

Unknown Binding: 6 pages.
Publisher: Weekes and co; 2d ed. rev. and enl edition
Language: English

 

 
Organología by Alberto Merklin

Book description
Interesante facsímil. Original de IMPRENTA ASILO DE HUERFANOS

: 430 pages.
Publisher: Maxtor
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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

 

 
Recent Revolution in Organ Building by George Laing Miller (Author)

Book description

Hardcover: 192 pages.
Publisher: Second edition (June 1913)
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Standard organ building, by William Horatio Clarke (Author)

Book description

Unknown Binding: 6 pages.
Publisher: R.G. Badger (1913)
Language: English

 

 
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

 

 
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

 

 
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)

Book description

Unknown Binding: pages.
Publisher: Dover Publications (1965)
Language: English

 

 
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

 

 
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

 

 
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

 

 
The Pipe Organ - Reed, Orchestrelle, And Player Piano - Construction, Repair And Tuning by Oliver C. Faust (Author)

Book description

Hardcover: 236 pages.
Publisher: Merchant Books (September 12, 2006)
Language: English

 

 
The Pipe Organ and Player Piano - Construction, Repair, and Tuning by Oliver C. Faust (Author)

Book description

Hardcover: 232 pages.
Publisher: Wexford College Press (March 2003)
Language: English