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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. 2nd ed. ; 2 pp., 1 leaf, 162 pp., 1 leaf ; illustrated, including music ; fold-out plate ; 18 cm. ; OCLC: 16075904 ; Dewey: 786.63 ; LC: ML552 ; signature of Peter Boorman, organist and tutor at St. David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the front end papers ; worn brown cloth with black lettering ; "It is believed that these articles--which originally appeared in Musical Opinion--revised and presented in book form, will be of service to many who have not hitherto had to examine very closely the dark and dusty interiors of the organs they play.[and] is intended to help those who have good reason to be dissatisfied with various defects in their organs, and who are yet unaware of the real cause and nature of those defects, and who may not be in the happy position of being able to give carte blanche to a good builder for a complete rebuild." ; lengthy quotations from some of the best Victorian organ builders, such as Vincent Willis, J. J. Binns, and A. F. Duprey, throughout the text ; foldout plate of soundboards and couplers, backed with a pneumatic diagram ; some marks in the text under repairs to pneumatic boxes ; else G. Book.