The box of whistles
by John Norbury
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About This Book
Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back [1877]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (111)
- The Box of Whistles.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
- INDEX TO NOTES ON ORGANS.
- The Box Of Whistles.
- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
- CHAPTER II. THE ORGAN CASE. (Buffet, French; Orgel Gehause, German; Kist o’ Whistles, Scotticè). Division into Four Classes.—Subdivisions of ditto.
- CHAPTER III. WHAT A GOOD CASE SHOULD BE.
- CHAPTER IV. THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE PIPES.
- CHAPTER V. THE CHOIR ORGAN AS A SEPARATE CASE. As a Screen to the Player.—Choir Front in the Lower Part of Case.
- CHAPTER VI. THE MINOR DETAILS OF AN ORGAN.
- NOTES ON ORGANS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
- NOTES ON ENGLISH ORGANS.
- LONDON.
- CHESTER CATHEDRAL.
- DURHAM CATHEDRAL.
- YORK MINSTER.
- 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.
- NOTES ON BELGIAN ORGANS.
- ANTWERP.
- BRUGES.
- BRUSSELS.
- GHENT (Gand).
- LIÉGE.
- LOUVAIN.
- MECHLIN (Malines).
- NOTES ON DUTCH ORGANS.
- AMSTERDAM.
- DELFT.
- GOUDA.
- HAARLEM.
- HERTOGENBOSCH (Bois-le-Duc).
- ROTTERDAM.
- UTRECHT.
- NOTES ON GERMAN ORGANS.
- COBLENTZ.
- COLOGNE.
- FRANKFORT.
- FREIBURG-IM-BRESGAU.
- INNSBRUCK.
- MAGDEBURG.
- MAYENCE.
- MUNICH.
- PRAGUE.
- SCHWARZ.
- NOTES ON SWISS ORGANS.
- BERNE.
- COIRE.
- FREIBURG.
- GENEVA.
- THE GREAT ST. BERNARD.
- CONTENTS.
- LUCERNE.
- NOTES ON ITALIAN ORGANS.
- BELLAGGIO.
- CHIAVENNA.
- COMO.
- ISOLA BELLA.
- MADONNA DI TIRANO.
- MILAN.
- CONCLUSION.
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- 12
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- 14
- 15
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- 32
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