AUSTIN ORGANS
by Ochse, Orpha
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine /No Dj
- ISBN 10
- 0913499188
- ISBN 13
- 9780913499184
- Seller
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Coventry, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Organ Historical Society. xii, 626 pp. Through more than a century, the style of Austin organs has echoed general trends in American musical taste. Those trends and the political and economic situations that molded the 20th-century organ bring to sharper focus a comprehension of the past century's music, musicians and organs. Major organ builders associated with Austin include Robert Hope-Jones, Robert Pier Elliot, Carlton Michell, Edwin Votey, Philipp Wirsching, James B. Jamison, Felix and Otto Schoenstein, Richard Piper, Henry Willis, and dozens more. Histories of famous Austin organs are recounted in detail. Tonal and technical descriptions of many organs illustrate instruments of various sizes and purposes in each decade. Factory in Hartford, CT. In excellent, unused condition. B & W illustrations. . Fine. Maroon Gilt Lettered Cloth. First Edition Assumed. 2001.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sheila B. Amdur (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008977
- Title
- AUSTIN ORGANS
- Author
- Ochse, Orpha
- Format/Binding
- Maroon Gilt Lettered Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Assumed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0913499188
- ISBN 13
- 9780913499184
- Publisher
- Organ Historical Society
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Music; Organs; Business History; Hartford, CT
Terms of Sale
Sheila B. Amdur
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About the Seller
Sheila B. Amdur
Biblio member since 2008
Coventry, Connecticut
About Sheila B. Amdur
Specializing in the history of medicine and psychiatry; Connecticut History; scholarly books; rare and antiquarian; general stock.
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