The Organ, Its History and Construction: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure & Capabilities of the Organ, with Specifications and Suggestive Details for Instruments of All Size (Paperback)

"The Organ, It's History and Construction" is a complete handbook for organists, first published in 1855. This vintage volume offers the reader a comprehensive guide to the structure and capabilities of the early organ, explaining the "formation, nature, and operation" of every part of the instrument. This vintage book will appeal to those with an interest in the history of the organ, as well as playing, maintaining, or building them. Contents include: First Epoch--The Ancient Organ, Anterior to the Invention of the Key-board", "Its Invention", "The Hydraulic Organ", "The Pneumatic Organ", "Its Introduction into Church", "Organ-building in the Eleventh Century", "Second Epoch--The Medieval Organ, after the Invention of the Key-board", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction the history of the organ.