The British Musical Biography

[E] Liston, Rev. Henry, writer and inventor,
born in 1771. Minister of Ecclesmachan,
Linlithgow, from 1793. He died at Merchis-
tonhall, February 24, 1836. Author of " An
Essay on Perfect Intonation," London, 1812.

[+] He invented an Enliarmonic Organ, which
was performed on in Edinburgh, and his
system was applied to several other instru-
ments, though unsuccessfully, owing to the
great number of pedals, and the difficulties
consequently attending manipulation. His
son, Robert, was the famous surgeon.

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