OSIRIS

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Osiris : the organs data base

 

WELCOME TO THE OSIRIS ARCHIVE DATABASE OF ORGAN SPECIFICATIONS.
Here you will find these files:
  --  How to retrieve the Osiris Archive file list by email.
  --  How to find the Osiris Archive on the wold wide web.
  --  How to search the Osiris Archive by importing LIST to a database.
  --  The Current Osiris Archive File List
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HOW TO RETRIEVE THE OSIRIS ARCHIVE FILELIST BY EMAIL:
Send this message to:   [email protected]
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open osiris.wu-wien.ac.at anonymous your-email-address
cd pub/earlym-l/organs
get list  (or get filename)
quit
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Notes:
Be exact, with capital letters and hyphens as required.
Wildcards may not be used.
You may order any specification on the Osiris list, exactly the
same way.  In your Email message, substitute the name of the file
you want for "list".  In other words, change "get list" to
get <filename> -- be sure to include dots and leave no spaces in
the file name.  These are unix files, so they have long names,
when compared to dos files.  The file will arrive in your email as
a text message.
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HOW TO FIND THE OSIRIS ARCHIVE ON THE WORLD-WIDE-WEB:
Here is the address of the OSIRIS ARCHIVE web page:
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http://osiris.wu-wien.ac.at/ftp/pub/earlym-l/organs/
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The Osiris Archive web page describes how to search for some 1300
organ specifications in the Osiris database.  It lists help files
that answer the most frequently asked questions about the archive
 =-- how to search for files; upload and download specifications
and how to volunteer to type new specifications for the archive.
Last but not least, it provides a link to The Diapason Index --
some 14,000 entries from the annual reviews that are published
each year.
The Osiris Archive is growing daily with submissions from all
over the world.  The archive is located at the Vienna University
of Economics and is part of the Earlym-L archives (a sister
list to Piporg-L).  As hoped, it contains not only organ
specifications, but playing impressions, recording discography and
builder's notes.  This material is kept in a free form database
and is listed by organ builder, site, city, country and date of
construction.
DOWNLOAD THE DIAPASON INDEX
http://osiris.wu-wien.ac.at/ftp/pub/earlym-l/organs/diapason.index
SEARCH THE DIAPASON INDEX
http://osiris.wu-wien.ac.at/ftp/pub/earlym-l/organs/diapason.search.html
The Diapason Index may now be searched online from The Osiris
Archive web page, or may be downloaded into your own word
processor.  These files are "comma delimited text files" that may
be imported into your favorite database program, such as Dbase or
FoxPro.  Downloading the file takes a bit of time -- usually about
20 minutes if you have a fast modem.
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SEARCHING THE OSIRIS ARCHIVE
Readers can search The Orisis Archive in a variety of ways.
As you may know, the titles in The Osiris Archive are organized
by key words:
builder.site.city.state/region.country.date
Online, you may use your Mosaic or Netscape "Edit/Find" command to
search for specific keywords.  Offline, you may download the text
file "LIST" to make a search.
Search LIST with your favorite word processor, using the
Edit/Find command.
For example, to find organs in Australia or New Zealand, seach for
the string ".au" or ".nz" to identify all the tiles with "au" or
nz as the fifth field in the title.  The period is the
separator.
The Osiris LIST file may be imported into a database or
spreadsheet by using this type of command:
Append from list.txt delimited with period.
You may import LIST into your favorite database or spreadsheet
such as Dbase III, Paradox, FoxPro, QuatroPro, Lotus or Excel as a
delimited file.  You will need to make some substitutions in the
text file by changing the periods to other simbols such as
, (comma delimited) or tabs or spaces.  The delimiting symbol
depends on the program you want to use to organize the database.
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