The Art of Organ Building: A Comprehensive Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Teatise on the Tonal Appointment and Mechanical Construction of Concert-Room, Church, and Chamber Organs, Vol. 1

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, compound stops of the organ, more. Complete with illustrations, tables, and specifications. "the most significant republication in our field for the past twenty years . . . an incomparable, invaluable book." — __American Guild of Organists Quarterly.__

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, compound stops of the organ, more. Complete with illustrations, tables, and specifications. ...the most significant republication in our field for the past twenty years...an incomparable, invaluable book.American Guild of Organists Quarterly. Unabridged republication of 1905 edition. 385 figures, 15 plates.

Includes 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 arrangement 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. Audsleys, in this volume, gives an extensive description of all the organ's components, and sets out the differences in structure among church, concerto-room, and chamber instruments Volume 2 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, compound stops of the organ, more. Complete with illustrations, tables, and specifications. "...the most significant republication in our field for the past twenty years...an incomparable, invaluable book." American Guild of Organists Quarterly. Content: Vol. 1. -- 600 p. -- ISBN 0-486-21314-5. Vol. 2. -- 758 p. -- ISBN 0-486-21315-3.