The great organ at Methuen / David F. Gallagher ; Paula King, illustrator.
| Author/creator | Gallagher, David F. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Waltham, MA : David F. Gallagher, ©1995. |
| Description | ii, 118 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction. Opening comments. What will be discussed ; What you see at concerts ; Mystery ; What will not be discussed -- Chapter I: Outside and inside the organ, the console and the interior. Where is everything? The console. Names of keyboards. The choir ; The swell ; The great ; The positiv ; The pedal ; The pitch of keyboards and pedals -- Where did you say everything was? The stop knobs on the console. The console diagram. The choir ; The swell ; The pedal ; The great ; The positiv -- Yes! But, where is everything? Inside the organ: this is where things are! Floor plans of the interior of the organ. Upper level: Manual chests ; Lower level: Pedal chests -- How pipes stand on a chest. The "C" side ; Physical size of this organ -- Chapter II: Pipe making, the sounds that pipes make. Tonal production in flue pipes ; Speaking length ; A spectrum of sound. Pipe scales ; Treatment of mouths -- Names of stops -- Colors of eight foot stops. Principals. The foundation of the organ: great principal 8' ; Swell principal 8' ; Choir viola 8' ; Positiv principal 4' -- Other colors in the spectrum. Flutes ; Strings: the string chorus ; Reeds -- Registration -- Chapter III: The principal chorus. The principal chorus. Building a principal chorus beginning with principal 8 octave 4 and super octave 2. Diagram of principal 8, octave 4 and super octave 2 -- Mixtures. Great fourniture IV ; Breaks in mixtures. Diagram of great fourniture IV ; Diagram of great Scharff IV ; Diagram of kleine mixture IV ; Diagram of the full great principal chorus ; Diagram of positiv Zimbel III -- Other chorus mixtures -- Chapter IV: Other choruses: flutes, reeds & the pedal division. Flute choruses. Great flute chorus ; Swell flute chorus ; Mutations. An ear game with the full swell flute chorus ; An ear game with the full positiv flute chorus ; Cornet: Flute 8 with 2 2/3 and 1 3/5 great cornet IV-VI ; An ear game with the great mutations -- Reed choruses. Great reeds ; Swell reeds ; Choir reeds -- The pedal division -- Chapter V: Couplers. The coupler system. Diagram of the couplers. 8' couplers ; Mathematical complications of couplers 16' & 4' ; Coupler theory vs. sound ; Great on positiv, positiv on great -- Chapter VI: Not much ado about not many other things. Resultants. Grand bourdon ; Great mutations -- Proportions of pedal stops to manual stops -- Sub-octave manual stops -- Case pipes -- Mechanical equipment. The combination action -- Other mechanical helps. Manual reversibles to pedal ; Crescendo pedal ; Sforzando pedal -- Tremolos -- Chapter VII: A final comment -- A lexicon of technical terms -- A lexicon of stops found in the Methuen organ. |
| Abstract | In this series of four lectures, the author explores the Methuen Organ, its sound, details regarding the console, the location, and building of pipes. |