Handbuch Der Orgelkunde: Die Mathematischen Und Akustischen Technischen Und Kunstlerischen Grindlagen Sowei Die Geschichte Und Pflege Der Modernen Orgel
by Ellerhorst, Von Winfred
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Einsiedeln, Switzerland: Verlagsanstalt Benziger & Co., 1936. Classic comprehensive preeminent reference text presents a detailed treatise on the culturally important and technically difficult areas of the organ. Topics covered include methodology; mathematical and physical fundamentals; aerostatics and aerodynamics; sound analysis; architectural acoustics; harmonics; musical tendancy; construction of the organ; pneumatics and mechanical controls; pedal change-over; electric motors for direct current; electrical organ control; organ sounding styles; types of organs; dynamics of the organ art; maintenance of the organ; etc. Text in German. 850 pgs. Photo-frontispiece. Gilt spine. Illustrated with numerous diagrams, charts, tables, drawings, and photographs, including a fold-out chart. Prior ownership nameplate pastedown and stamp on the front endpaper. Front and rear hinges repaired; light browning to edges of a few front and rear endpages; tiny scuff to outer edge. Average rubbing to front and rear cover spine hinges; minimal rubbing to edges and corner tips. Scarce. . Half-Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MU-43
- Title
- Handbuch Der Orgelkunde: Die Mathematischen Und Akustischen Technischen Und Kunstlerischen Grindlagen Sowei Die Geschichte Und Pflege Der Modernen Orgel
- Author
- Ellerhorst, Von Winfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Verlagsanstalt Benziger & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Einsiedeln, Switzerland
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Music, Instruments, Art, Organ, Mathematics, Acoustics, Physics, Sound, Harmonics, Mechanics, Logarithms, Arithmetic, Aerodynamics, Electronics, Manufacturing, Workmanship, Architecture, Tubing, Electrodynamics, Electromagnetics, Mensuration, Pneumatics,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Engineering; Music;
- Size
- 8vo
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