Organ construction / by J.W. Hinton.

Author/creator Hinton, J. W.
Format Book
EditionFacsimile of the third edition (1910), revised and enlarged / introduction by Martin Renshaw.
Publication InfoBuren, The Netherlands : Frits Knuf Publishers, 1992.
Descriptionxv, 190 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesBibliotheca organologica ; v. 38
Bibliotheca organologica ; v. 38. ^A363068
Contents Chapter I. General notion upon organ stops ; Description of principal stops used in organs ; Stop combinations ; Explanation of Mr. Hope-Jones's special stops ; Particulars concerning various obsolete stops -- Chapter II. "Picking out" ; How to correct faults in the speech of flue pipes ; Principles governing the speech and quality of tone in reed stops generally ; "Rough tuning" ; How to rectify small defects in the mechanism of organs -- Chapter III. "Close tuning" ; Complete instructions how to tune a large organ -- Chapter IV. New organs and reconstructions -- Chapter V. Scales of various stops ; Glossary of technical terms used in organ building -- Chapter VI. Answers to questions on organ construction, set at the Royal College of Organists' examinations, 1888-1901 -- Chapter VII. Explanations of the plates, and descriptive particulars concerning pneumatic and electric actions ; Hope-Jones action -- Appendix A. Extracts from recent works upon the organ ; A suggestion for the modification of present tablature of organ stops ; Treatment of pedal pipes ; Blowing apparatus ; Position of organs in churches ; Situation of keys and pedal board ; Couplers ; On designing organs ; Balance of tone ; Some particulars concerning French organ builders ; Barrel organs -- Appendix B. Some account of the evolution of the electric organ ; Temperament ; Rev. H. Liston's organ ; Construction of Perronet-Thompson's enharmonic organ ; The Apollonicon ; Effect of changes of temperature upon the performance of pipes ; Volume of air lost by compression in the feeders of an organ ; Limit of low sounds ; Various standards of musical pitch -- Appendix C. Norwich cathedral old and new organs ; Duplication ; Synopsis of the Casson system ; Zinc as a material for organ pipes ; Cornet voluntaries.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 90134424
ISBN906027587X (hardcover)
ISBN9060275861 (pbk.)

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