The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 518
lisha.Finally, In the thirteenth century, the right of placing organs in allchurches was no longer disputed, and the only cpiestion was, who couldbuild the most ix)werful and most magnificent instruments. At Milan wasan organ the pipes of which were of silver; at A^enice some were made ofpure gold.… … Fig. 394.—Great Organ, with Bellows and double Key-board, of the Twelfth Century. iMS. at Cambridge.) the working of the bellows very laborious. In large organs the key-boardwas made up of key-plates five or six inches wide, which the organist, hishands defended by thickly padded gloves, had to…
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