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The Organ in St. George's Hall, Liverpool, Eng. Built by Henry Willis in 1855. Rebuilt 1867 and 1898. The White Marble Bust Seen in Front is That of W. T. Best.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building
Being an Account of Modern Developments
By
GEORGE LAING MILLER
SECOND EDITION
NEW YORK THE CHARLES FRANCIS PRESS 1913
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS
THE RECENT REVOLUTION IN ORGAN BUILDING
CHAPTER I.
AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING.
Pre-historic Double Flutes. From Assyrian and Egyptian Tombs
CHAPTER II.
THE ORGAN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Fig. 1. The Wind-chest. Front View
Fig. 2. The Wind-chest. Side View
CHAPTER III.
THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA—THE PNEUMATIC LEVER.
Fig. 3. The Pneumatic Lever
Fig. 4. Nomenclature of Organ Keyboard
PROSPER-ANTOINE MOITESSIER, INVENTOR OF TUBULAR PNEUMATIC ACTION
CHAPTER IV.
PNEUMATIC AND ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC ACTIONS.
TUBULAR PNEUMATICS.[1]
Fig. 5. Tubular Pneumatic Action
THE CRYING NEED FOR ELECTRIC ACTION.
The First Electric Organ Ever Built. In the Collegiate Church at Salon, Near Marseilles, France (1866).
DESCRIPTION OF THE ELECTRIC ACTION.
Fig. 6. The Electro-Pneumatic Lever
Fig. 7. Valve and Valve Seat, Hope-Jones Electric Action
DIVISION OF ORGANS.
OCTAVE COUPLERS.
DR. ALBERT PESCHARD. Inventor of Electro-Pneumatic Action.
CHAPTER V.
STOP-KEYS.
Fig. 8. Console, Showing the Inclined Keyboards First Introduced Into This Country by Robert Hope-Jones
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.
CONTROL OF THE STOPS.
CHAPTER VI.
RADIATING AND CONCAVE PEDAL BOARDS.
PEDAL STOP CONTROL.
CHAPTER VII.
MEANS OF OBTAINING EXPRESSION.
CRESCENDO PEDAL.
SFORZANDO PEDAL—DOUBLE TOUCH.
BALANCED SWELL PEDAL
SWELL BOXES.
Fig. 12. The Principle of the Sound Trap
Fig. 13. Sound Trap Joint
Figs. 14-15. The Vacuum Shutter
CHAPTER VIII.
A REVOLUTION IN WIND SUPPLY.
BELLOWS SPRINGS VERSUS WEIGHTS.
INDIVIDUAL PALLETS.
HEAVY WIND PRESSURES.
MECHANICAL BLOWERS.
CHAPTER IX.
TRANSFERENCE OF STOPS.
CHAPTER X.
THE PRODUCTION OF ORGAN TONE.
Series of harmonics
Fig. 16. Estey's Open Bass Pipes—Wood and Metal
DIAPASONS.
Fig. 17. Diapason Pipe with Leathered Lip
THE DECLINE OF MIXTURES.
FLUTES.
STRINGS.
REEDS.
Fig. 18. Haskell's Clarinet Without Reed
Fig. 19. Diagram of Reed Pipe
Fig. 20. Vox Humana with Vowel Cavity Attached. Fig. 21. Orchestral Oboe with Vowel Cavity Attached Fig. 22. Kinura with Vowel Cavity Attached
UNDULATING STOPS—CELESTES.
PERCUSSION STOPS.
THE DIAPHONE.
Fig. 23. Diaphone in Worcester Cathedral, Eng.
Fig. 24. Diaphone in Aberdeen University.
Figs. 25, 26, 27. Diaphone in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
Fig. 28. Diaphone in the Auditorium, Ocean Grove, N. J.
Fig. 29. Diaphone in St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, N. Y.
Fig. 30. Diaphone Producing Foundation Tone
CHAPTER XI.
TUNING.
NEW METHOD OF REED TUNING.
Figs. 31-35. New Method of Tuning Reeds
CHAPTER XII.
PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.
ARISTIDE CAVAILLE-COLL.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE CHIEF ACTORS IN THE DRAMA.
CHARLES SPACHMAN BARKER,
CHARLES SPACHMAN BARKER.
ARISTIDE CAVAILLE-COLL.
HENRY WILLIS.
Henry Willis
ROBERT HOPE-JONES.
Robert Hope-Jones
CHAPTER XIV.
HOW WE STAND TO-DAY.
AUTOMATIC PLAYERS.
ORGAN IN ST. GEORGE'S HALL, LIVERPOOL, ENG.
Keyboards of Organ in St. George's Hall, Liverpool. Two Rows of Stops at Left Omitted
ORGAN IN THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE-DAME, PARIS, FRANCE.
Keyboards, Cathedral Notre Dame, Paris
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL ORGAN, LONDON, ENG.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY ORGAN, LONDON, ENG.
The Console, Westminster Abbey
ORGAN IN THE MANSION OF J. MARTIN WHITE, ESQ., BALRUDDERY, SCOTLAND
Organ in Hall of Balruddery Mansion, Dundee, Scotland
ORGAN IN WORCESTER CATHEDRAL, ENGLAND.
ORGAN IN WOOLSEY HALL, YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CONN.
ORGAN IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, BUFFALO, N. Y.
ORGAN KNOWN AS THE HOPE-JONES UNIT ORCHESTRA, IN THE PARIS THEATRE, DENVER, COLORADO.
The Author Playing a Hope-Jones Unit Orchestra.
CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, NEW YORK CITY.
ORGAN IN UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, CANADA.
CITY HALL, PORTLAND, MAINE.
LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL, ENGLAND.
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