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: US$41.95
Description: This book offers a concise step-by-step description of the building of a chamber pipe-organ. Precise instructions on the tasks need 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
Format: Hardback Cloth A5 Library binding
Illustrations: 59 b&w
Language: English
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Biography of Rev W. E. Dickson

Dickson, Rev. William Edward. B.A. (Cantab, 1846), M.A. (Cantab, 1851). Precentor of Ely Cathedral, 1858. Author of “Practical Organ Building”, 1881. b. Richmond, Yorkshire, England, 1823; d. Ely, 1910.

Biographical information courtesy of www.organ-biography.info © 2010

Reviews:

"Far more interesting than may at first appear from the titles and authors" - Dr Brian Hicks - The Organ, Autumn 1997

 

CONTENTS

Fontispiece
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
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Dimensions of Organs - Construction of Sound-board - Channels - Sliders - 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 - Bridge - 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
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Remarks on the Swell-organ - Organs with Great and Choir-Borrowing in Two-manual Organs - Chamber Organ by Schmidt - The Swell-box - Its Construc-tion - The Swell-action - Reed-stops - Manual Couplers - Rising and Falling Bridges -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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