COMPLETE ORGAN METHOD: A CLASSIC TEXT ON ORGAN TECHNIQUE
BY: JOHN STAINER, F. FLAXINGTON HARKER

DESCRIPTION:
-THIS CLASSIC METHOD FOR BEGINNERS PROVIDES A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INSTRUMENT FOLLOWED BY AN EXPLANATION OF ORGAN CONSTRUCTION, A THOROUGH DISCUSSION OF THE VARIOUS STOPS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT, AND A MAJOR SECTION DEVOTED TO PRACTICAL STUDY — INCLUDING DETAILED PEDAL TECHNIQUES, PRECISION IN MANUAL TOUCH, HAND-FOOT INDEPENDENCE, PEDAL SCALES, TRIOS, AND FINGER SUBSTITUTION TO ACHIEVE A PERFECT LEGATO. WITH THE AUTHOR`S METICULOUS EXPLANATIONS AND ACCOMPANYING ILLUSTRATIONS, STUDENTS CAN ACTUALLY TEACH THEMSELVES TO PLAY! SEVEN ORGAN PIECES COMPLETE THE ORIGINAL EDITION, INCLUDING FIVE OF STAINER`S OWN WORKS AND TWO PIECES BY GUILMANT; THREE ADDITIONAL WORKS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO ROUND OUT THIS DOVER EDITION.

-SLIGHTLY ABRIDGED REPUBLICATION OF THE 1909 EDITION BY G. SCHIRMER, NEW YORK.