Practical Organ Building
by
W. E. Dickson
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| ISBN-13/EAN: | 978-0-9528184-4-1 |
| ISBN-10: | 0-9528184-4-2 |
| Title: | Practical Organ Building |
| Author: | W. E. Dickson |
| Price: | £30.95 |
| Description: | This book offers a concise step-by-step description of the building of a chamber pipe-organ. Precise instructions on the tasks needed in building a one or two manual pipe organ, including the tools needed, the making of a stopped diapason rank, the sound-boards, wind-chests, bellows, action, and a section on village church organs. |
| Pages: | x 143 |
| Availability: | E-Book |
| Format: | Hard Back (Library Quality Cloth) A5 |
| Illustrations: | 59 b&w |
| Published: | 1997, rev. 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Bardon Enterprises |
| Sample Page: |  |
| Cover: |  |
Biography of Rev. W. E. DicksonDickson, Rev. William Edward. B.A. (Cantab, 1846), M.A. (Cantab, 1851). Ordained, 1846; precentor of Ely Cathedral, 1858. b. Richmond (Yorkshire), England, 1823; d. Ely, Dec. 25th, 1910. Biographical information courtesy of www.organ-biography.info © 2023 |
Reviews:
“Far more interesting than may at first appear from the | Books | W. E. Dickson | Practical Organ Buildings and authors” - Dr Brian Hicks - The Organ, Autumn 1997
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I. PLANT AND MATERIALS
- The Workshop - Tools - Lathe - Materials.
- CHAPTER II. THE STOPPED DIAPASON
- Tablature, or Names of Notes - Lengths of Pipes - Parts of Stopped Pipe - The Scale - Two Methods of making Wooden Pipes - Some Varieties of Pipes - Old English Organs.
- CHAPTER III. THE SOUND-BOARD
- Dimensions of Organs - Construction of Sound-board - Channels - Slid=978-0-9528184-4-1&ers - Plantations of Pipes - Bars - Bearers - Upper Boards - Rack-boards.
- CHAPTER IV. THE SOUND-BOARD - (Continued.)
- Grooving - Boring Holes - Conducting-boards - Conveyances.
- CHAPTER V. THE WIND-CHEST
- Running of Wind - Blacklead used - Pallets - Leather for pallets - Springs - How to make them - Pull-downs - Drilling - Brass Plate - Front-board.
- CHAPTER VI. THE BELLOWS, TRUNKS, AND FRAME
- Shape of Bellows - Valves or Clacks - Cummins's Improvements - Counter-balances - The Cuckoo-feeder - Hydraulic-power Engines - Trunks - The Frame - Its general Dimensions-Hollow Frame-work - Blowing Pedal - Blowing Lever.
- CHAPTER VII. PLANTATION OF PIPES
- Pipe-feet - Rack-pins - Symmetry.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE ACTION
- Definitions - Back-fall - Brid=978-0-9528184-4-1&ge - Square - Sticker - Tracker-Tapped Wires -Cloths - Buttons - Rollers - Roller-boards - Principle of Organ-action - Fan-frame - Keys - Roller-frame - Double Sound-board Action - Thump-ing-board.
- CHAPTER IX. VOICING AND TUNING
- Metal Pipes - Their Construction - Nicking - Voicing - The Wind-gauge - De-fects in Pipes - Temperament - Regulation.
- CHAPTER X. THE DRAW-STOPS
- Four Methods of drawing the Stops described - Levers - Bell-cranks - Trundles - Iron Trundles.
- CHAPTER XI. PEDALS
- Their Compass - Dimensions - Springs - Dip - Connection with Key-board -Removable Pedal-board.
- CHAPTER XII. TWO MANUAL ORGANS
- Remarks on the Swell-organ - Organs with Great and Choir-Borrowing in Two-manual Organs - Chamber Organ by Schmid=978-0-9528184-4-1&t - The Swell-box - Its Construc-tion - The Swell-action - Reed-stops - Manual Couplers - Rising and Falling Brid=978-0-9528184-4-1&ges -Pedal (couplers - Old Method of Coupling - A Combination Manual - The Pedal Sub-bass of l6-feet Tone - Scale - Wind-valve for Pedal Chest -Violoncello Stop - Terzo Mano.
- CHAPTER XIII. VILLAGE CHURCH ORGANS
- Principles of Construction - Suggestions for Designs - Objections noticed - Care of Old Organs
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