Samuel Renn (12 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

9pp, plus 2 full-page b/w pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:0850330785. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Michael Sayer has performed a great service to musicology in general, and those inter-ested in the development of the organ in particular, by having both completed a long-term piece of research into the life and work of a relatively unknown yet prolific organ builder, and rounded it off by pro-ducing this present book, which so ably combines scholarship and readability. The book will be welcomed wherever church organs are played, and especially in the North of England where Renn was so active. Samuel Renn, the son of a coachman, was born in 1786 at Kedleston Hall, near Derby, the house of his parents' employer. At the age of 13 he was sent to London to be apprenticed to his uncle, James Davis, a self-taught and highly successful organ-builder. In the course of time Davis retired and handed the business to Renn, who made the bold decision to leave London and set up his workshop in the northern wilderness near Manchester. This was 1822, when labourers from the country were flocking to the new industrial cities and cr.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First edition hardback, 1974, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket faded to spine (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature and address to front pastedown dated 1990; text, illustrations and folding family tree bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1974 Hardback Book, from the English Organ Archive.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. An excellent study of the work of Samuel Renn. Includes a number of inked annotations that update information on various organs and an inserted page of information on an organ exported to Ceylon in 1841.

133 S. 4°. Abb. auf Tafeln. Faksimiles, Falttafel. Schutzumschlag. Stempel auf Titel. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 124 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 124 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samuel Renn (10June 1786-11 January 1845) was an English organ builder who ran abusiness in Stockport, and later he traded in Manchester. Samuel Rennwas born in Kedleston, Derbyshire and in 1799 was apprenticed to hisuncle, James Davis, an organ builder in London. Renn became his foremanand supervised organ installations and maintenance in London and inLancashire. When Davis retired Renn went into partnership with JohnBoston and traded as Renn & Boston in Stockport from 1822 to 1825and then in Manchester. He died in Manchester in 1845.…