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001 2006036873
003 DLC
005 20070816081838.0
008 061103s2007 paua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006036873
020 $a076432568X (hardcover)
020 $a9780764325687 (hardcover)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm76183278
035 $a(OCoLC)76183278
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dDLC
050 00 $aML1058$b.O73 2007
082 00 $a786.6/8$222
100 1 $aOrd-Hume, Arthur W. J. G.
245 10 $aAutomatic organs :$ba guide to orchestrions, barrel organs, fairground, dancehall & street organs including organettes /$cby Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume ; illustrated by the author.
260 $aAtglen, PA :$bSchiffer Pub.,$cc2007.
300 $a512 p. :$bill. ;$c29 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 $aAutomatic pipe organs & how they work -- Mechanical Instruments & automatic music in history -- Italian water gardens & mediaeval hydraulic organs -- The golden age of mechanical music machines -- Clockwork organs & musical clocks -- Barrel organs for both church & home -- Orchestrions & the age of mechanical creativity -- Street organs & music for the masses -- Showground & dancehall organs -- Reed organs & the portable organette -- Small domestic organs & perforated paper music -- Concert instruments & the reproducing pipe organ -- Musical repertoire & the fidelity of performance -- The social impact of the automatic organ -- Automatic organs in the 21st century -- Mechanical organ preservation, conservation & restoration -- Pneumatic organ preservation, conservation & restoration -- Living with the automatic organ : care & maintenance -- Appendix 1. How automatic organs were advertised & sold -- Appendix 2. List of makers, distributors & inventors -- Appendix 3. Mechanical organ tuning scales -- Appendix 4. What's it worth? valuation & price guide -- Appendix 5. Support organisations for mechanical organ enthusiasts -- Appendix 6. A selective discography.
650 0 $aMechanical organs$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006036873.html