Organ-Stops and Their Artistic Registration A century after the founding

A century after the founding of the Republic

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From diminutive hummingbirds to colossal elephants

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Organ-Stops and Their Artistic Registration A century after the foundingThis 1921 classic by a renowned organ builder provides organists and all those interested in the instrument with a guide to its numerous stops, among them bassoon, bass tuba, cymbal, double trumpet, oboe, piccolo, viola da gamba, and xylophone. The text supplies various names of each stop in different languages, traces their origins, and describes their construction, tonal characteristics, and value in artistic combination and registration. A