Makers of the piano / Martha Novak Clinkscale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clinkscale, Martha Novak.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piano--Construction.

Piano.

Piano--History.

History.

Piano makers.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993-1999.

Summary:

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. Fulfilling a need for a comprehensive study of early pianos, Makers of the Piano 1700-1820 is the first book to present details about all known extant pianos built during the earliest years of the instrument's existence. Biographical information about each maker and such details about his instruments as the place and date of manufacture, style, compass, case description and measurements, strings, action, stops, pedals, and present and former owners are given. Bibliographical references are listed separately for the individual pianos. Builders whose pianos have been lost are identified; however, anonymous pianos have not been included unless an attribution to a known maker is likely. Principal collections with their catalogues and an exhaustive bibliography complete this valuable reference work.

Contents:

Vol. [1] 1700-1820

v. 2. 1820-1860 / drawings by John R. Watson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0198163231

0198166257

OCLC:

27430492