The organ-student, the amateur, and eke the professional organist, will also find much here that will interest them and lead to a better understanding of the instrument.

The revolution in organ-building herein described has for the most part taken place under the personal notice of the author, during the last fifty years. The organists of a younger generation are to be congratulated on the facilities now placed at their disposal, mainly by the genius and persevering efforts of four men—as hereinafter described.

CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I]

As It Was in the Beginning

[CHAPTER II]

The Organ in the Nineteenth Century

[CHAPTER III]

The Dawn of a New Era; the Pneumatic Lever

[CHAPTER IV]