John R. Shannon

Understanding the Pipe Organ

A Guide for Students, Teachers and Lovers of the Instrument

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The pipe organ, an instrument whose origins dates to ancient Greece, is prominent in the development of secular and church music, and its builders were as artistic as the composers like Bach, Pachelbel and Handel who played them. This book describes the mechanics, fabrication, and acoustics of various types of pipe organs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9780786439980
• ISBN-10: 078643998X
• Artikelnr.: 23898560

Autorenporträt

The late John R. Shannon was professor emeritus of music at Sweet Briar College, and the author or editor of several books about organ composition, improvisation and music history. A charter member of the Southern Historical Keyboard Society, he lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
List of Figures      viii
Introduction     
1. The Principal Components of the Organ     
2. The Wind Supply     
3. Mechanical Action     
4. Electric Action     
5. Organ Chests     
6. Unification and Duplexing     
7. Aids to Registration     
8. Acoustics of Organ Pipes     
9. Pipework     
10. Achieving Optimal Sound Through Location and Placement     
11. Can You or Should You Fix It Yourself?     
Glossary     
Bibliography     
Index