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- catalog abstract ""This illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the technologies of design, materials, and manufacture, and focusing its description on specific existing pianos, it describes the changes in pianos from the earlist days to contemporary instruments." "This revised edition incorporates the results of recent research that increases knowledge of the work of Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano; changes perceptions of how eighteenth-century pianos were made and used; adds to the available information about the important contributions of the Steinway Company; and describes the most recent changes to the piano."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12060867.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""This illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the technologies of design, materials, and manufacture, and focusing its description on specific existing pianos, it describes the changes in pianos from the earlist days to contemporary instruments." "This revised edition incorporates the results of recent research that increases knowledge of the work of Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano; changes perceptions of how eighteenth-century pianos were made and used; adds to the available information about the important contributions of the Steinway Company; and describes the most recent changes to the piano."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Illustrations -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Author's note -- [ch.] 1. Technology and the piano -- [ch.] 2. The earliest pianos -- [ch.] 3. The classic piano -- [ch.] 4. Beethoven and the growing grand -- [ch.] 5. Pianos from early-nineteenth-century homes -- [ch.] 6. Iron enters the piano -- [ch.] 7. The french take the lead -- [ch.] 8. The radical americans -- [ch.] 9. The europeans imitate -- or do not -- [ch.] 10. Some odds and dead ends -- [ch.] 11. The modern piano -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-347) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxv, 369 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0804733163 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
- catalog subject "786.2/19/09 21".
- catalog subject "ML652 .G6 2001".
- catalog subject "Piano Construction.".
- catalog subject "Piano History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Illustrations -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Author's note -- [ch.] 1. Technology and the piano -- [ch.] 2. The earliest pianos -- [ch.] 3. The classic piano -- [ch.] 4. Beethoven and the growing grand -- [ch.] 5. Pianos from early-nineteenth-century homes -- [ch.] 6. Iron enters the piano -- [ch.] 7. The french take the lead -- [ch.] 8. The radical americans -- [ch.] 9. The europeans imitate -- or do not -- [ch.] 10. Some odds and dead ends -- [ch.] 11. The modern piano -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos : a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand / Edwin M. Good.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".