Makers of the Piano 1700-1820

Name: Makers of the Piano 1700-1820
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ISBN: 9780198163237

ISBN-10: 0198163231

ISBN-13: 9780198163237

Edition: 1993

Authors: Martha Novak Clinkscale

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The early piano has grown in popularity over recent years. It is now recognized as a window to the past and indispensable in revealing the sounds in the ears of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century composers. Yet rarely are two instruments more than superficially alike: the earliest instruments were constructed individually to the taste of each maker and often to that of his customer. Furthermore, pianos built in the same year by the same maker - even in a series - often have not enjoyed the same standard of conservation: one may have its original strings and hammers, while another may have suffered the improper replacement of its entire action with parts designed for the modern Steinway.…

Book details

List price: $385.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/16/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 420
Size: 7.72" wide x 10.00" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



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