After three year’s preparation, Dr.
Herbert Jüttemann’s excellent book about German mechanical organs,
Waldkircher Dreh- und Jahrmarkt- Orgeln has been translated
into English by Andrew Pilmer under the title of WALDKIRCH STREET
AND FAIRGROUND ORGANS. Dr. Jüttemann has already published a number
of books on mechanical music and related subjects which have become
standard works; this is the first to be translated into the English
language.
WALDKIRCH STREET AND FAIRGROUND
ORGANS gives, in its first part, a detailed technical insight into
organs built in the famous Black Forest town of Waldkirch, including
pipework, actions, wind chests, register changing, percussion,
bellows, roll-playing actions and so on. The second part of the book
studies each of the various firms active there, and discusses their
products, peculiarities, scales and dispositions. A special section
in full colour illustrates 49 Waldkirch-built organs, and the whole
text includes over 330 drawings and black and white photographs. A
valuable appendix gives the scales of many fairground and concert
organ-types built in the town, and one chapter deals with the
typical music played by these instruments in Germany. There is a
full index.
With the co-operation of Dr.
Jüttemann, the original German text has been completely revised, and
a number of new drawings have been specially prepared for this new
edition. The format has also been slightly enlarged to 238 by 170mm,
giving greater clarity to some of the line drawings than before.
Printed on quality art paper, hard
bound and with a full colour dust jacket, the book consists of 300
pages. |
