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020 a| 0859679322 (cloth);

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050 00 a| ML424.S62b| B3 1994;

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100 1 a| Barnes, Alan.=| ^A330235;

245 14 a| The life and work of John Snetzler /c| Alan Barnes and Martin Renshaw.;

300 a| xvi, 352 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 26 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (page 327) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- Introductory notes -- Documentary sources -- Stop-list abbreviations -- John Snetzler. His life -- His designs -- His work -- His techniques -- Instruments previously attributed to Snetzler -- Appendices. The organ at St Dionis's church, Backchurch, City of London ; A dozen labels from Snetzler's soundboards ; The Fulneck letters ; Letters relating to the organ for Trinity church, New York ; William Hayes's letter to the Gentleman's Magazine, 1765 ; The warrant for Snetzler's denization, 12 April 1770 ; William Ludlam's letter to the Gentleman's Magazine, 1772 ; Snetzler's will, 1784 ; John Marsh's preface to his Eighteen Voluntaries, 1791 -- Gazetteer of owners and places -- Technical concordance to chapters 2 and 4.;

520 a| This book is the first biography of a remarkable young Swiss man who joined other men from his country in a busy eighteenth-century London. It charts John Snetzler's progress from a maker of small instruments to a major organ builder who worked throughout Britain and Ireland and who exported many instruments to the American colonists. A survey of the known facts of his life, colleagues and successors, and his cultural background, precedes the first catalogue raisonne of his work in which all the important details of all his known instruments are displayed for the first time. In addition, the techniques, materials and rationale of his instruments are explored in detail. The whole book is fully illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, engravings, diagrams and tables, and is designed with an attractive and varied page layout and with full indexes and bibliographical support.;

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650 0 a| Organ (Musical instrument)x| Constructionz| England.=| ^A16772;

700 1 a| Renshaw, Martin.=| ^A348177;

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The life and work of John Snetzler / Alan Barnes and Martin Renshaw.

Author/creator	Barnes, Alan
Other author	Renshaw, Martin.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Aldershot, Hants, England : Scolar Press ; Brookfield, VT : Ashgate Publishing Company, ©1994.
Description	xvi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects	Snetzler, John, 1710-1782. Organ builders--England. --Biography. Organ (Musical instrument)--Construction. --England.

Contents	Introduction -- Introductory notes -- Documentary sources -- Stop-list abbreviations -- John Snetzler. His life -- His designs -- His work -- His techniques -- Instruments previously attributed to Snetzler -- Appendices. The organ at St Dionis's church, Backchurch, City of London ; A dozen labels from Snetzler's soundboards ; The Fulneck letters ; Letters relating to the organ for Trinity church, New York ; William Hayes's letter to the Gentleman's Magazine, 1765 ; The warrant for Snetzler's denization, 12 April 1770 ; William Ludlam's letter to the Gentleman's Magazine, 1772 ; Snetzler's will, 1784 ; John Marsh's preface to his Eighteen Voluntaries, 1791 -- Gazetteer of owners and places -- Technical concordance to chapters 2 and 4.
Abstract	This book is the first biography of a remarkable young Swiss man who joined other men from his country in a busy eighteenth-century London. It charts John Snetzler's progress from a maker of small instruments to a major organ builder who worked throughout Britain and Ireland and who exported many instruments to the American colonists. A survey of the known facts of his life, colleagues and successors, and his cultural background, precedes the first catalogue raisonne of his work in which all the important details of all his known instruments are displayed for the first time. In addition, the techniques, materials and rationale of his instruments are explored in detail. The whole book is fully illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, engravings, diagrams and tables, and is designed with an attractive and varied page layout and with full indexes and bibliographical support.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (page 327) and index.
LCCN	93001812
ISBN	0859679322 (cloth)

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