The Box of Whistles

About this eBook

Author

Norbury, John

Title

The box of whistles : An illustrated book on organ cases: with notes on organs at home and abroad

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1877.

Credits

deaurider, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

ML: Music: Literature of music

Subject

Organ (Musical instrument) -- Pictorial works

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71862

Release Date

October 13, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Box of Whistles. — PREFACE.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.INDEX TO NOTES ON ORGANS.
5. 5.T he B ox O f W histles. — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE ORGAN CASE. ( Buffet , French ; Orgel Gehause , German ; Kist o’ Whistles , Scotticè ). Division into Four Classes.—Subdivisions of ditto.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. WHAT A GOOD CASE SHOULD BE.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE PIPES.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE CHOIR ORGAN AS A SEPARATE CASE. As a Screen to the Player.—Choir Front in the Lower Part of Case.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE MINOR DETAILS OF AN ORGAN.
11. 11.NOTES ON ORGANS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
12. 12.NOTES ON ENGLISH ORGANS. — LONDON. — CHESTER CATHEDRAL. — DURHAM CATHEDRAL. — YORK MINSTER.
13. 13.NOTES ON FRENCH ORGANS. — ABBEVILLE. — AMIENS. — BAYEUX. — BEAUVAIS. — BOULOGNE. — CAEN. — COUTANCES. — DIEPPE. — DIJON. — LAON. — LISIEUX. — LYONS. — PARIS. — RHEIMS. — ROUEN. — ST. LO. — ST. RICQUIER. — STRASBURG. — TROYES.
14. 14.NOTES ON BELGIAN ORGANS. — ANTWERP. — BRUGES. — BRUSSELS. — GHENT (Gand). — LIÉGE. — LOUVAIN. — MECHLIN (Malines).
15. 15.NOTES ON DUTCH ORGANS. — AMSTERDAM. — DELFT. — GOUDA. — HAARLEM. — HERTOGENBOSCH (Bois-le-Duc). — ROTTERDAM. — UTRECHT.
16. 16.NOTES ON GERMAN ORGANS. — COBLENTZ. — COLOGNE. — FRANKFORT. — FREIBURG-IM-BRESGAU. — INNSBRUCK. — MAGDEBURG. — MAYENCE. — MUNICH. — PRAGUE. — SCHWARZ.
17. 17.NOTES ON SWISS ORGANS. — BERNE. — COIRE. — FREIBURG. — GENEVA. — THE GREAT ST. BERNARD. — CONTENTS. — LUCERNE.
18. 18.NOTES ON ITALIAN ORGANS. — BELLAGGIO. — CHIAVENNA. — COMO. — ISOLA BELLA. — MADONNA DI TIRANO. — MILAN.
19. 19.CONCLUSION. — Transcriber’s Notes

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