Author: AUDSLEY, GEORGE ASHDOWN
Title: The Art of Organ-Building (Two Volume Set) a Comprehensive Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Treatise on the Tonal Appointment and Mechanical Construction of Concert-Room, Church, and Chamber Organs
Description: New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1905. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This edition limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the author. This is copy 109. The two volume set is in Near Fine condition and was issued without dust jackets. The volumes are half vellum with green cloth and gilt lettering and decorations to the spines of the books. The text pages are clean and bright. There are previous owner's bookplates on both front pastedown pages. T. E. G. (Top Edge Gilt) Foredges and bottom edges of the text block are untrimmed. The spines of the books have some ground-in dirt. "Audsley's interest in the pipe organ was largely sparked by early experiences hearing W. T. Best at St. George's Hall, Liverpool. Audsley wrote numerous magazine articles on the organ, and as early as the 1880s was envisioning huge instruments with numerous divisions each under separate expression, in imitation of the symphony orchestra. The Los Angeles Art Organ Co. (successors to the Murray M. Harris Organ Company) had Audsley design the world's largest organ they were building for the St. Louis Exposition of 1904, and included him on the paid staff. This instrument was produced just as his book on The Art of Organ-Building was being published This great pipe organ eventually was purchased for the John Wanamaker Store in Philadelphia, PA, where it is today known as the Wanamaker Organ. In 1905, Audsley published the monumental two-volume The Art of Organ Building as an attempt to position himself as the pre-eminent organ designer in the US. The lavish work includes numerous superb drawings done by Audsley and is still consulted today although organ fashions have evolved in many directions in the ever-fluid, passion-driven world of music. He was an early advocate of console standardization and radiating concave pedal keyboards to accommodate the natural movement of human legs. Unfortunately, his plan to develop the profession of "organ architect" as a consultant to work in consultation with major builders in achieving a high-art product was short-lived." (from Wikipedia) Due to the extreme weight of this book, postage will have to be determined at time of ordering. ; Signed by Author. Near Fine .
Keywords: Music Limited Editions George Ashdown Audsley Organs Organ Building Architecture Signed Edition
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Title: The Art of Organ-Building (Two Volume Set) a Comprehensive Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Treatise on the Tonal Appointment and Mechanical Construction of Concert-Room, Church, and Chamber Organs
Description: New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1905. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This edition limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the author. This is copy 109. The two volume set is in Near Fine condition and was issued without dust jackets. The volumes are half vellum with green cloth and gilt lettering and decorations to the spines of the books. The text pages are clean and bright. There are previous owner's bookplates on both front pastedown pages. T. E. G. (Top Edge Gilt) Foredges and bottom edges of the text block are untrimmed. The spines of the books have some ground-in dirt. "Audsley's interest in the pipe organ was largely sparked by early experiences hearing W. T. Best at St. George's Hall, Liverpool. Audsley wrote numerous magazine articles on the organ, and as early as the 1880s was envisioning huge instruments with numerous divisions each under separate expression, in imitation of the symphony orchestra. The Los Angeles Art Organ Co. (successors to the Murray M. Harris Organ Company) had Audsley design the world's largest organ they were building for the St. Louis Exposition of 1904, and included him on the paid staff. This instrument was produced just as his book on The Art of Organ-Building was being published This great pipe organ eventually was purchased for the John Wanamaker Store in Philadelphia, PA, where it is today known as the Wanamaker Organ. In 1905, Audsley published the monumental two-volume The Art of Organ Building as an attempt to position himself as the pre-eminent organ designer in the US. The lavish work includes numerous superb drawings done by Audsley and is still consulted today although organ fashions have evolved in many directions in the ever-fluid, passion-driven world of music. He was an early advocate of console standardization and radiating concave pedal keyboards to accommodate the natural movement of human legs. Unfortunately, his plan to develop the profession of "organ architect" as a consultant to work in consultation with major builders in achieving a high-art product was short-lived." (from Wikipedia) Due to the extreme weight of this book, postage will have to be determined at time of ordering. ; Signed by Author. Near Fine .
Keywords: Music Limited Editions George Ashdown Audsley Organs Organ Building Architecture Signed Edition
Price: US$ 950.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42525
- Book number: 42525
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