The organ in church design / by Joseph Edwin Blanton.

The purpose of this book is to acquaint the average architect with the organ as an instrument and to introduce to them the wealth of possibilities in its architectural treatment.

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Main Author: Blanton, Joseph E. (Joseph Edwin)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany, Tex. : Venture Press, 1957.
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260 |a Albany, Tex. :  |b Venture Press,  |c 1957. 
300 |a xviii, 492 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 32 cm 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-486) and index. 
505 0 |a Part I: The organ as an instrument. Component parts ; Actions ; Designation of pitch ; Pipe work ; Compound stops ; Divisions ; Tonal qualities ; Worship requirements -- Part II: The organ and church architecture. Preliminary survey ; Location ; Acoustics ; Elements of case design ; Architectural scale ; The ruckpositiv ; Spanish trumpets ; The fate of old organs ; Gothic cases ; Cases of the Gothic-Renaissance tradition ; Cases of the Italian Renaissance ; Cases of the Iberian Renaissance ; Cases of the French Renaissance ; Cases of the North European Renaissance ; Cases of the English Renaissance ; The architectural decadence of the Baroque ; The period of confused eclecticism ; Pre-reform links with tradition ; Unencased organs ; Contemporary case design ; Contemporary unencased organs ; The small contemporary organ ; Space requirements ; Consoles ; The swell box ; New organs in old buildings ; Conclusion -- Errata -- Appendix A: Dispositions of contemporary organs ; Appendix B: Recordings cited. 
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