The Recent Revolution in Organ Building. George Laing Miller
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George Laing Miller
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building
Being an Account of Modern Developments
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664627544
Table of Contents
THE RECENT REVOLUTION IN ORGAN BUILDING
Pre-historic Double Flutes. From Assyrian and Egyptian Tombs
THE ORGAN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Fig. 1. The Wind-chest. Front View
Fig. 2. The Wind-chest. Side View
THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA—THE PNEUMATIC LEVER.
Fig. 4. Nomenclature of Organ Keyboard
PROSPER-ANTOINE MOITESSIER, INVENTOR OF TUBULAR PNEUMATIC ACTION
PNEUMATIC AND ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC ACTIONS.
Fig. 5. Tubular Pneumatic Action
THE CRYING NEED FOR ELECTRIC ACTION.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ELECTRIC ACTION.
Fig. 6. The Electro-Pneumatic Lever
Fig. 7. Valve and Valve Seat, Hope-Jones Electric Action
DR. ALBERT PESCHARD. Inventor of Electro-Pneumatic Action.
Fig. 9. Console on the Bennett System, Showing Indicator Discs
Fig. 10. Console of Organ in Trinity Church, Boston, Mass. Built by Hutchings Organ Co.
Fig. 11. Console of Organ in College of City of New York. Built by The E. M. Skinner Co.
RADIATING AND CONCAVE PEDAL BOARDS.
MEANS OF OBTAINING EXPRESSION.
Fig. 12. The Principle of the Sound Trap
Figs. 14-15. The Vacuum Shutter