The Recent Revolution in Organ Building
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The Recent Revolution in Organ Building is an account of modern developments by George Laing Miller. A caption names the organ in St. George's Hall, Liverpool, built by Henry Willis in 1855 and rebuilt in 1867 and 1898. The author quotes Stainer saying that the large pipes of every key of the oldest organs stood in front and that the whole instrument sounded and shrieked in a harsh and loud manner.
The text names four great landmarks in organ construction, among them the invention of the swell box by Jordan in 1713, of the horizontal bellows by Samuel Green in 1789 and of the pneumatic lever by Barker in 1832. The book explains that the momentum acquired by the piston will cause it to travel upward a little further, and that the upward travel of the division D will cause a compression of air at the foot of the resonator or pipe R. A specification follows for a great organ of 10 stops, with an entry for Double Open Diapason 16.
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- George Laing Miller
- Pages
- 107
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- English
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- Engineering
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