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The American piano industry : episodes in the history of a geat enterprise / William E. Hettrick.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML661 .H48 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hettrick, William E., author.
- Series:
- American music and musicians series ; no. 8.
- American music and musicians series ; no. 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Piano--United States--History.
- Piano.
- Piano makers--United States--History.
- Piano makers.
- Piano--United States--Manufacturers' catalogs.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Trade catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 427 pages: illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Hillsdale, NY : Pendragon Press, [2020]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Piano-Supply Industry in the Nineteenth Century: A Gathering of Parts
- ch. 2 Joseph P. Hale, Legendary Piano Manufacturer
- ch. 3 Pitching the Goods: Piano Advertising in the Golden Years
- ch. 4 Gilding the Lily: The Mandolin Attachment
- ch. 5 John J. Swick, Obscure Piano Manufacturer
- ch. 6 Harry Edward Freund and His Great Square-Piano Bonfire: A Tale Told in the Press
- Appendixes
- App. 1.1 American Piano-Supply Manufacturers and Dealers of the Nineteenth Century
- App. 1.2 American Piano Manufacturers (and Piano-Supply Companies) of the Nineteenth Century and Their Associations with the Piano-Supply Industry
- App. 2.1A Commercial Pianos
- App. 2.1B Excitement in the Piano Trade
- App. 2.2 Joseph P. Hale
- App. 2.3 Hale's Business and Buildings
- App. 2.4 Hale and His Pianos
- App. 2.5 A Card from J. P. Hale
- App. 2.6 Joseph P. Hale's Statement
- App. 2.7 The Opening of Joseph P. Hale's New Factory
- App. 2.8 Noted Interviews in Piano Industry
- App. 3.1 Selected Published Poems Advertising George P. Bent's "Crown" Instruments
- App. 4.1 American and European Manufacturers and Dealers Who Included Mandolin Attachments in Their Upright Player-Pianos and Pianos in Orchestrions
- App. 5.1 John J. Swick, Manufacturer of First-Class Parlor and Chapel Organs
- App. 5.2 Swick's Willing but Kantner Isn't
- App. 5.3 Go Ahead!
- App. 5.4 A Visit to Herlich & Co.'s Piano Factory
- App. 5.5 The Herlich Piano Co.
- App. 5.6 Herlich & Co.'s Piano Factory Destroyed by Fire
- App. 5.7 Cooking Accounts
- App. 5.8 Trickery in Piano Sales
- App. 5.9 Mrs. Swick Arrested
- App. 5.10 Woman Disgraced, Dies Mysteriously
- App. 5.11 Mrs. Swick's Life Story Ended.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781576473498
- 157647349X
- OCLC:
- 1160084829
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