His keen mind, analysed the working of some of the world's finest organ mechanisms, illustrated throughout the book in a multitude of cross section drawings with text, showing how fine differences in tone and quality of pipes could be achieved.

In later years, the University of the Sorbonne in Paris, conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Sciences for an autoritative thesis on music. The same mind which had mastered all the intricacies of organ design and construction, also pondered the deeper questions of religion and Life.