Automatic Organs : a guide to orchestrions, barrel organs, fairground, dancehall & street organs including organettes
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Automatic Organs : a guide to orchestrions, barrel organs, fairground, dancehall & street organs including organettes
（A Schiffer book）
Schiffer Pub., c2007
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Contents of Works
- Automatic pipe organs & how they work
- Mechanical Instruments & automatic music in history
- Italian water gardens & mediaeval hydraulic organs
- The golden age of mechanical music machines
- Clockwork organs & musical clocks
- Barrel organs for both church & home
- Orchestrions & the age of mechanical creativity
- Street organs & music for the masses
- Showground & dancehall organs
- Reed organs & the portable organette
- Small domestic organs & perforated paper music
- Concert instruments & the reproducing pipe organ
- Musical repertoire & the fidelity of performance
- The social impact of the automatic organ
- Automatic organs in the 21st century
- Mechanical organ preservation, conservation & restoration
- Pneumatic organ preservation, conservation & restoration
- Living with the automatic organ : care & maintenance
- Appendix 1. How automatic organs were advertised & sold
- Appendix 2. List of makers, distributors & inventors
- Appendix 3. Mechanical organ tuning scales
- Appendix 4. What's it worth? valuation & price guide
- Appendix 5. Support organisations for mechanical organ enthusiasts
- Appendix 6. A selective discography
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Description
The worldwide interest in automatic organs is larger now than ever before. From delicate and musically sublime little organs contained in musical clocks of the type Mozart and Haydn composed music for, through to enormous and loud dancehall and street organs, the genre exists to please everybody and to suit all tastes. This comprehensive, yet delightful and easy-to-read, reference unlocks the mysteries of mechanical versions of the King of Instruments and its smaller counterparts. 79 color and 538 black and white photos display examples from 18 chapters and six Appendices that specify how automatic pipe organs work, Italian water garden organs, barrel organs, orchestrions, and street and showground organs, as well as automatic organs of the 21st century and more. The list of makers, distributors, and inventors the world over has never been available before. Now musicians, instrument collectors, owners, museums, and grateful audiences can explore the how, where, and why of these charming entertainers. The valuation and price guide includes a thoughtful discussion of the market and its variables.
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