The Organ: An Encyclopedia

For anyone and any library seriously collecting works on the organ, above all on organ design and organ‐building, this encyclopedia will be a must‐have. Realistically in a field where many other music reference works cover organs and organ music as part of much else, this encyclopedia concentrates very much on organ building and organ builders. This is underpinned by thorough discussion of organ functions – divisions, voicing, tuning, winding, registration – and by historical discussion, in Europe and North America mainly, of developments in design and operation.

Black‐and‐white illustrations of well over 50 classic organs are provided, along with diagrams...