COVERING THE PERIOD 1550 to 1800 in one volume, Owen studies the registration practices by country in the Renaissance and the Early, High, and Late Baroque within the context of the instruments of the period and the political and religious climates. She provides lists of composers, organbuilders, and stoplists and other information about representative organs. With this historical evidence, Owen suggests methods of adapting registrations to modern instruments. A concise and accessible reference. 284 pp. bibliography and index, softbound