{"product_id":"walter-holtkamp-american-organ-builder","title":"Walter Holtkamp: American Organ Builder","description":"xiii, 142 pp. \"Walter Holtkamp was one of the leaders of the twentieth-century renaissance in organ building. Dissatisfied with contemporary instruments, European designers and builders had been re-examining the principles of earlier organs and organists, from the seventeenth century and before, and adapting them to modern needs. Holtkamp built upon these ideas, with particular attention to American architectural and musical conditions. He was the first to introduce such innovations as the Ruckpositiv and mechanical action to American organs, and was the most radical of leaders in organ reform. Ferguson's study concentrates on the ideas and ideals that motivated Holtkamp's unique style of organ building, and traces the development of this style by an examination of instruments from each period of Holtkamp's career.\"","brand":"The Kent State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31075419193414,"sku":"2294598","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2294598.jpg?v=1574133593","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/walter-holtkamp-american-organ-builder","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}