The life and work of John Snetzler

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The life and work of John Snetzler

Alan Barnes and Martin Renshaw

Scolar Press , Ashgate Pub. Co., c1994

  • : cloth

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327) and index

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Description

Charts the progress of John Snetzler, from a maker of small instruments, to a major organ-builder who worked throughout Britain and Ireland, and exported instruments to American colonists. This biography contains a survey of the known facts of his life, and details of all his known instruments.

Table of Contents

  • John Snetzler - his life, his designs, his work, his techniques, instruments previously attributed to Snetzler
  • appendices - the organ at St Dionis, Backchurch, City of London, a dozen labels from Snetzler's soundboard, the Fulneck letters, letters relative to the organ for Trinity Church, New York, William Hayes's letter to the "Gentleman's Magazine", the warrant for Snetzler's denization, William Ludham's letter to the "Gentleman's Magazine", Snetzler's will, John Marsh's preface.

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