by Hermann Smith (Author)
This vintage book is a comprehensive and fascinating guide to the organ, with a wealth of historical information and interesting details concerning how it works, how it has developed, and how it is tuned. "Modern Organ Tuning" constitutes a must-have for those with an interest in the organ and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "The Choice of Treatment", "My Audience", "The Plan of the Work", "In the Early Days", "The Most Ancient Organ", "Pipes More Primitive than Strings in Music", "The Voice the First Measurer", The Enquiry into the Origin of the Organ", "Pythagoras Quite in the Dark", "Step by Step the Diatonic Scale Developed", "The Beginning of the Scale". Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of the organ.