The box of whistles

Style not necessarily Gothic.--Renaissance Style.--Tin Pipes now seldom used.--An Organ Case need not correspond with the Style of Architecture of the Building.--English Cases d...

Number of Pipes.--Not all of the Same Height.--Two Tiers of Pipes.--Oval and Circular Openings.--Pipes arranged in Perspective.--Carved Panels.--Inverted Pipes.--Double Pipes.--...

Room in the Loft.--Loft should not be used as a Singing Gallery.--Reversed Key-boards.--Black Keys for Naturals, &c.--Rows of Stops, perpendicular, horizontal.--Varied Forms of...

The Box of Whistles! what a quaint title! Yes, but a good one, I think, for this book, as the old organ of Father Smith’s in St. Paul’s, “The Box of Whistles,” as Sir Christophe...

Organ cases may broadly be divided into four classes. Firstly, those which stand at the end of the nave or transept of a Church, or the end of a Concert Room. Secondly, organs w...

Style not necessarily Gothic.--Renaissance Style.--Tin Pipes now seldom used.--An Organ Case need not correspond with the Style of Architecture of the Building.--English Cases d...

Number of the Pipes.--Not all of the Same Height.--Two Tiers of Pipes.--Oval and Circular Openings.--Pipes arranged in Perspective.--Carved Panels.--Inverted Pipes.--Double Pipe...

Although organs now do not consist merely of a Great and Choir (or Chair) organ, the two cases add much to the look of an instrument, and the Choir case makes an excellent scree...

Room in the Loft.--Loft should not be used as a Singing Gallery.--Reversed Key-boards.--Black Keys for Naturals, &c.--Rows of Stops, perpendicular, horizontal.--Varied Forms of...