Vintage Rare Books on disk DVD in PDF format

 

 

 

The 
Organ
Collection


 

100 Rare Vintage Books

 

Deluxe Edition on 
USB Flash Drive

 

Rare Vintage books scanned to PDF format on Computer disk


A Totally unique and unrivalled collection

 

A Library of 100 rare books scanned to digital PDF format and supplied on Computer USB flash drive. Discover the history, development and techniques of playing, tuning and even making the Organ.

Literally 1000s of pages of information, diagrams, photos and technical information.

Contained within the books is broad spectrum of information such as; sheet music for organs, Catalogues from yesteryear of Organ suppliers and manufacturers, organ playing techniques, organ building,  harmonium, biographies of celebrated organists, organ positioning and tuning, ... and much more besides!

 A Complete list of the titles of the books included on the disk is reproduced below, take the time to read through the list of titles and you will see the depth and breadth of knowledge that is covered. This unique library has been collected together for the first time here.



 

Rare Vintage books scanned to PDF format on USB Flash drive
 


 

N.B there is NO BOX or physical books included in the purchase - you will receive a USB flash drive containing the books in PDF format for use on your Computer.

 
 

The colour and style of the USB drive may vary from the picture, we will send whatever drive we currently have available, a particular colour or style cannot be pre-selected.

 

 

On The Drive

 

This unique drive is an opportunity to own these rare and collectible vintage books before they disappear forever. Some of the books are already unavailable and but for being scanned into digital format would never be seen again.

Each page has been scanned in as a faithful reproduction of the original. This is a chance to be able to see books that would otherwise be lost to future generations.

The drive contains rare out-of-print books relating to Musical Organs. Each book is individually named on the drive and thus is easily searchable by title, and each book is individually searchable itself.

Be Aware - that other sellers may pad out their collection of books with foreign language titles or books that are not relevant to the topic. Compare items and you will see the quality and effort that goes into our disks. Other sellers also put security lock on the books which requires a password (which they wont give you) so it is restricted as to what you can do with the books - all our books are completely unrestricted. In addition all our books are fully named exactly as you see in the list below making them easy to find and easily searchable - other sellers may simply supply you a disk with books named randomly making it virtually impossible to find the book you want.

IMPORTANT: These books come supplied on a USB Flash Drive - note that this is not a USB drive that will that will "play" on a home DVD player or TV, it contains no video whatsoever. It is a Data Drive and must be used on a Computer to view the PDF book files 

 

 

100 Volumes PDF format On the USB Drive

A Catechism for the Harmonium - J Hiles 1877
A Companion to the Sunday school organ - 1871
A comprehensive dictionary of organ stops  English and foreign, ancient and modern, practical, theoretical, historical, ...- J Wedgwood 1909
A history of Hull organs and organists - G. H. Smith 1910
A primer of organ registration - G. B. Nevin c1920
America's contribution to the development of the organ - B. Stipp 1915
An elementary treatise on musical intervals and temperament, with an account of an enharmonic harmonium exhibited - R Bosanquet 1876
An explanation of the organ stops with hints for effective combinations - C. Locher 1888
An outline of the structure of the pipe organ - ... general information of organists, church committees, and musical students - W. H. Clarke 1877
Aus Spaniens altem Orgelbau  - A Merklin 1939 [German]
Beatty's Beethoven organs - D. F. Beatty 1882
Biographies of celebrated organists of America - W. H. Benjamin 1908
C. Franklin Legge Organ Company Limited - builders of high-grade electro-pneumatic pipe organs 19--
Cabinet organs - Mason & Hamlin Co. 1863
Cathedral organists past and present - J. E. West 1921
Chicago Cottage Organ Company 1890
Church organs. Their position and construction - F Sutton 1872
Clarke's New Method for reed organs, a comprehensive system of instruction - W Clarke 1869
Compositions for the organ - G Whiting 1906
Crane's pianos and organs - Crane & Sons c.1910
Descriptive price list of improved cabinet and combination organs - Simmons & Clough Organ Co. c.1873
Deutsche und Französische Orgelbaukunst und Orgelkunst - A Schweitzer 1906 [German]
Dictionary of organs and organists - F. W. Thornsby 1912
Die Kunst des Orgelbaues, theoretisch und praktisch - J. S. Halle 1779 [German]
Die Orgel, ihre Geschichte und ihr Bau - O Wangemann 1895
English organ-cases - A. Freeman 1921
First lessons in extemporizing on the organ - H. C. MacDougall 1922
First Six Months on the Organ - G Whiting 1871
First Studies for the Organ, Book 2 - G Whiting 1879
Forty-four studies for the organ;  with especial regard to obbligato pedal playing - J Schneider 1909
Harmonium-album. Sammlung beliebter Tonstücke für Harmonium - E Stapf 1800 [reed Organ Music - German]
Hints on organ accompaniment - C. Demarest 1910
Illustrated and descriptive catalogue of grand and upright piano actions, keys and hammers, organ keys, reeds and reed boards, ..tools and supplies - otto Higel Co. 1906
Illustrated catalogue - Sterling Organ Co. 1881
Illustrated catalogue and price list of parlor and chapel organs - The A B Chase Co. c.1895
Illustrated catalogue of cottage organs - J. Estey & Co. 1875
Illustrated catalogue of the Packard Orchestral Organs - Fort Wayne Organ Co. 1884
Illustrated catalogue of the various styles of the Standard organ - Peloubet, Pelton & Co. 1877
Illustrated descriptive list of the Geo. Woods & Co.'s parlor organs - Geo. Woods & Co. 189-
Illustrations in choir accompaniment with hints in registration - ... organ students, organists, and those interested in church music - D. Buck 1888
Internationales Regulativ für Orgelbau - 1909 [German]
Lecture on the pedal organ - its history, design and control - T. Casson 1911
Mason's first book for the melodeon 1862
Master-studies for the organ - a set of studies for acquiring individuality of style, and independence of movement between the hands and feet - W. C. Carl 1907
Method for pipe organ Vol. 2 - C. Eddy 1917
Model organ method - a book of graded instruction for the reed or cabinet organ - G. F. Root 1873
Modern organ accompaniment - A Richardson 1907
Modern organ tuning - the how and why - H. Smith 19--
New catalogue, new prices and improvements for November, 1876, of the B. Shoninger Organ Co. 1876
Notes on church organs, their position and the materials used in their construction - C. Bishop 1873
On the Influence of Temperature on the Musical Pitch of Harmonium Reeds - A Ellis 1880 [3-page Article]
Organ Accompaniment and Extempore Playing - G Whiting 1887
Organ building for amateurs. A practical guide for home-workers - M Wicks 1900
Organ construction - J. W. Hinton 1900
Organ playing. Its technique and expression - A Hull c.1911
Organ registration - a comprehensive treatise - E. E. Truette 1919
Organ school - J. Lemmens 1862
Organs - Weaver Organ & Piano Company c.1900
Organs and organ building.. history and construction of the organ, ... origin to the present day, with important specifications - C Edwards 1881
Organ-stops and their artistic registration - names, forms, construction, tonalities, and offices in scientific combination - G. A. Audsley 1921
Peters' reed organ school - W Peters 1857
Practical and Theoretical Organ School - F Schneider 183_
Practical organ-building - W. E. Dickson 1882
Pulpits, lecterns, and organs in English churches - J. C. Cox 1915
Reform in organ building - T. Casson 1888
Report of the trial of the King versus Hurdy Gurdy. Alias Barrel Organ, alias Grinder, alias the Seditious Organ - 1794
Rinck's Practical Organ School - C Rinck
Selected list from the catalogue of the Smith American Organ Co. 1881
Short Pieces for Harmonium - C Franck
Standard organ building - W. H. Clarke 1913
The Abigail ... [Organ of the Abigail free school and kindergarten] - Charles Devare 1898
The art of pedaling for the organ - H. Pfitzner 1910
The box of whistles - an illustrated book on organ cases with notes on organs at home and abroad - J. Norbury 1877
The Canadian Sunday school organ - S Rose 1871
The complete melodeon instructor, ... instruction book for the melodeon, seraphine, eolican, melopean, organ, or any similar -  J. Zundel 1853
The contemporary American organ, its evolution, design and construction - W Barnes 1952
The early English organ builders and their works, from the 15th century to the period of the great rebellion - E. Rimbault 191-
The Harmonium - K Hall 1880
The influence of the organ in history - D. Buck 1900
The Matchless Burdett organ - Burdett Organ Company, Ltd 1876
The modern organ - with illustrations, drawings, specifications - E. M. Skinner 1917
The Newberry Memorial Organ at Yale University - a study in the history of American organ building - E. W. Flint 1930
The organ - J. Stainer 1909
The organ - writings and other utterances on its structure, history, procural, capabilities, etc. - J. W. Warman 1898
The organ accompaniment of the church services - a practical guide for the student - H. W. Richards 1911
The organ and its construction. A systematic handbook for organists, organ builders - J Seidel 1852
The organ and its masters - H. C. Lahee 1902
The organ fifty years hence ; a study of its development in the light of its past history and present tendencies - F. Burgess 1908
The organ in France - a study of its mechanical construction, tonal characteristics, and literature - W. Goodrich 1917
The organ of the 20th century; ... organ tonal appointment and divisional apportionment with compound expression - G Audsley 1919
The Organ of the Ancients from Eastern Sources - H Farmer 1931
The organ, its history and construction - a comprehensive treatise on the structure and capabilities of the organ - E Hopkins 1855
The organ. Its compass, tablature, and short and incomplete octaves - J Warman 1884
The organists & composers of St. Paul's Cathedral - J. S. Bumpus 1891
The organist's directory to the accompaniment of divine service - with a full list of voluntaries appropriate to every Sunday and holy day in the Christian year - C Pearce 1890
The Recent revolution in organ building - being an account of modern developments - G. L. Miller 1913
The Skinner organ - Ernest M. Skinner & Co. 1922
The story of organ music - C Williams 1905
The story of the organ - C. F. Williams 1903
The technique and art of organ playing - C. Dickinson 1922
Twentieth century catalogue - Cornish Co. 1900

 

 

The Nature of Scanned Books

You will get a copy of each of the scanned books in PDF format. The PDF will be a replica of the book in exactly the condition it was available to us - so that will necessarily mean that the book will have inevitable signs of ageing. Some of the books in our collection are over 400 years old - it is not possible to maintain a book in pristine condition for that length of time. In addition any marks made by the previous owners will also be present. We do not consider that to be  a flaw of the product but rather adds to its authenticity.

Searchable - Each file is fully named on the drive so it is easy to search and find a particular title. In addition  each book is searchable and individual sections or pages  can easily be printed.

Viewing - The books will require suitable PDF software to view them, almost certainly you will already have this on your computer or device - if not such software is universally available for Free download.

Sizing - Page size can be adjusted to suit your needs for viewing text or images.

Printing - A complete book is printable, or individual sections or just individual pages too.

Images - All images can be printed out and used as you wish.

 

About the Drive

 

The drive is not suitable for use on a home DVD player connected to your TV or audio device. The drive contains PDF files (these are electronic books) which can be viewed on your computer. You can easily convert the PDF files to a similar format suitable for viewing on your Tablet, mobile phone, Kindle, eBook reader or other device using the totally free software called Calibre.

Please Note - Physical books are not included in this purchase; all books are scans of the original books in PDF digital format only. You will receive your USB drive only - there is no box included. The cost of a box plus associated increase in postage and packaging would mean the price of the item would need to at least double and we find that our customers do not value a box but rather they value the contents of our drives

 

Shipping

 

All items are shipped from the UK. We despatch within one business day of receiving the order, please note that whilst we can despatch purchases quickly we cannot control the delivery time it takes to reach you.

For UK deliveries the standard service is second class post shipped in secure packaging.

For non-UK deliveries; the standard posting method is Airmail. Please be aware that Airmail delivery times can vary greatly even within the same country, there is not a standard time and please do not expect your item to arrive within a few days - it simply will not happen.

The "Anticipated Delivery" date is given by eBay , not us, and quite frankly should be totally ignored because it is not a true reflection of the reality. There is an option to have tracked international shipping (it is an option in the postage section of the listing) - tracked delivery is far more secure, it can often be quicker but is relatively expensive; we charge just for the cost of the service plus our additional time in organising it; it is entirely optional whether you make use of that service or not.

 

Satisfaction Guarantee

 

We feel certain you will be delighted with your purchase. If however for any reason you have cause for concern then please contact us. We are always happy to resolve any issue to your satisfaction and offer a full no-quibble money-back guarantee. We purchase many different items ourselves on eBay and understand the need for quality customer service.

Please note - before contacting us with a query that the USB drive is intended to be use on a computer only (with suitable PDF reader software) - it will not work on a home DVD player connected to your TV or a "smart" TV etc. The drive does not contain audio or video files; it is a data drive with PDFs on it

 

 

DELIVERY time-scale  - Note to All Non-UK Buyers 

In 99.9% of cases we will post your international purchase to you within one Business day but after that we have absolutely no control over the speed, efficiency or effectiveness  of the particular delivery service that you have selected.


So please be aware of the following:


1. Anticipated delivery is set by eBay (not us) and should be ignored.

2. There is no set time for when your Airmail item will arrive. It may be 2 weeks, it may be 4 weeks (yes items can often take that long to be delivered); but almost certainly it will not be 5 days.

3. Standard Airmail delivery WILL NOT INCLUDE TRACKING – that service is available for an extra charge. Tracking will make  the delivery more secure but does not necessarily speed up the delivery time (we charge extra for tracking simply because that is what Royal Mail charge us).


Please form your expectations on the basis of the points raised above – the same points apply for all sellers though they may not openly say it; but we prefer to create a realistic expectation and as a result have a harmonious relationship rather  than tell you it will arrive in 4 days and then have to deal with the fallout from that when it doesn’t happen.

For any queries please feel free to send us a message using the eBay message system.