The Art of Organ-Building. Vol. I

For over half a century, one work has stood out as the standard treatise in the field of pie organ construction: Audsley's "The Art of Organ-Building" (published in 1905). This two-volume set has been reproduced with care and fidelity from the original edition. All 400 splendid illustrations are preserved, including the rare line drawings and photographs of 19th-century (and older) organs and the magnificent diagrams of construction details prepared by the author, an architect by profession. Not a word of the first edition has been omitted, giving you all of Audsley's famous 1,300-page text -unquestionably the greatest repository of material on organ building and history ever compiled in the English language.
Volume I opens with an 85-page outline of the history of the organ and then treats various descriptive matters, such as the external design and decoration of the organ, the internal arrngement and mechanical systems of the organ, acoustical matters in regard to organ pipes (theories of sound-production in organ pipes), tonal structure and appointment, the compound stops of the organ, etc. Audsley, in this volume, gives an extensive description of all the organ's components, and sets out the differences in structure among church, concert-room, and chamber instruments.

Despite some changes in this field since 1905, this book remains definitive, especially in mechanical aspects of the subject. It contains a wealth of invaluable knowledge that cannot be found in any other source; the illustrations alone have made this work one of the most sought-after in the musical literature.
Unabridged republication of .original (1905) edition, incorporating corrections (in errata section in 1st edition) in the text.

CONTENIDO:

Volume I:
I. The Organ Historically Considered
II. The Position of the Organ
III. External Design of the Organ
IV. Decoration of the Organ
V. The Church Organ
VI. The Concert-Room Organ
VII. The Chamber Organ
VIII. Internal Arrangement of the Organ
IX. Acoustical Matters Connected with Organ Pipes
X. The Tonal Structure of the Organ
XI. The Compound Stops of the Organ
XII. The Tonal Appointment of the Organ
XIII. Names and General Particulars of Organ Stops - Ancient and Modern
XIV. Suggestions for the Introduction of a Systematic Organ Stop Nomenclature