- Paperback: 600 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.; New issue of 1905 ed edition (April 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0486213145
- ISBN-13: 978-0486213149
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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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.Unabridged republication of 1905 edition.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
I am very fortunate in having both first(original) and second editions of this excellent work. I am absolutely clear that it was intended, in the great Victorian days, to be a "Bible" for organbuilders only. There would have been few firms that could have afforded such a luxury at the end of each bench. However, the diagrams and drawings are without parallel, and possibly due to the ever increasing interest in organbuilding by the population generally, this, sorry, these books are the very best available, and in fact are a great record of how things used to be done in the old days, when workmen were paid a paltry sum per hour, but produced what we now acknowledge to be the finest of British organbuilding. BEWARE, some may think this a " DIY" dawdle, but I can only say this to be almost relaxing, very accurate, but please dont try this at home !!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
This book would be appealing to the small fraction of the population that has in depth experience with the "King or Instruments". All others would probably soon find themselves lost. Although Audsley does a thourough job of explaining what goes on in an organ, a lot of what he says would carry more meaning if the reader knew the actual sound of what was being discussed.
Great pictures, in-depth discussion, and Audsley minces no words when he criticizes his contemporaries...be prepared for the full force of Victorian wrathful prose! Assuming you've any experience with an organ, this book will keep you turning pages for quite some time. Otherwise, be prepared to scratch your head...
Great pictures, in-depth discussion, and Audsley minces no words when he criticizes his contemporaries...be prepared for the full force of Victorian wrathful prose! Assuming you've any experience with an organ, this book will keep you turning pages for quite some time. Otherwise, be prepared to scratch your head...
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Excellent...if you're an organist!
1 April 1997
This book would be appealing to the small fraction of the population that has in depth experience with the "King or Instruments". All others would probably soon find themselves lost. Although Audsley does a thourough job of explaining what goes on in an organ, a lot of what he says would carry more meaning if the reader knew the actual sound of what was being discussed.
Great pictures, in-depth discussion, and Audsley minces no words when he criticizes his contemporaries...be prepared for the full force of Victorian wrathful prose! Assuming you've any experience with an organ, this book will keep you turning pages for quite some time. Otherwise, be prepared to scratch your head...
Great pictures, in-depth discussion, and Audsley minces no words when he criticizes his contemporaries...be prepared for the full force of Victorian wrathful prose! Assuming you've any experience with an organ, this book will keep you turning pages for quite some time. Otherwise, be prepared to scratch your head...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Dated, but still useful information in many areas
23 Nov 2005
The book is a complete treatise on the field of Organbuilding, albeit the information is a bit dated! The original copyright date was 1905!!! With that aside, there is still very useful information in regard to various mechanical actions, pipe building and mitering, well, everything relevant to organ building! There are some obvious mis-telling of the future, as for the very unlikely adoption of fan type blowers (now virtually universal) and the comdenation of unification!
Not a book for starters in organ building for sure, but with a basic grasp of apprentice level organbuilding skills, the book is informative. Be forwarned: George is willing to share an opinion or two! Highly recommended for somone wishing to learn about organ building practices in common use in the early part of the last century.
Not a book for starters in organ building for sure, but with a basic grasp of apprentice level organbuilding skills, the book is informative. Be forwarned: George is willing to share an opinion or two! Highly recommended for somone wishing to learn about organ building practices in common use in the early part of the last century.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Excellent text on organ building
28 Sep 1998
This as well as volume 2 is a critical part of anyone's library who wish to learn about construction of the pipe organ. Although the books are very old, they are a treasure of otherwise unpublished information on the historic details of organ building world-wide.
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