The Piano: An Encyclopedia

Contents

• Acoustical Block
• Acoustical Disc
• Acoustics
• Actions
• Adlung, Jakob (1699-1762)
• Aeolian Company
• Aftertouch
• Agraffe
• Albrecht, Charles (1760-1848)
• Aliquot Scaling
• Allen, William (fl.1800-1840)
• American Piano Company
• Ampico Corporation
• Ancestors of the Piano
• Anglo-German Action
• Apythmolamproterique
• Astin-Weight Piano Makers
• Astor & Company
• Australia - Piano Industry
• Austria - Piano Industry
• Automatic Piano
• Babcock, Alpheus (1785-1842)
• Baby Grand
• Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
• Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782)
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
• Back Check
• Backers, Americus (fl.1763-d.1778)
• Balancier
• Baldwin Piano and Organ Company
• Barrel Piano
• Beats
• Bebung
• Bechstein
• Beck, Frederick (fl.1756-1798)
• Becker, John Conrad (fl.ca.1801-1841)
• Becket
• Beethoven Ludwig van (1770-1827)
• Behrent, John (fl.1775)
• Belgium - Piano Industry
• Bellying
• Bentside
• Beyer, Adam (fl.1774-1798)
• Bluthner
• Boardman & Gray
• Bohm (Boehm), Joseph (1786-ca.1850)
• Bosendorfer
• Boudoir Grand
• Braces
• Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
• Break
• Bridge
• Bridge Pin
• Bridle Strap
• Brinsmead, John (1814-1908)
• Broadwood & Sons, John
• Brodmann, Joseph (1771-1848)
• Burger & Jacobi
• Burney, Charles (1726-1814)
• Burning Shanks
• Bushings
• Butt
• Cabinet Pianoforte
• Cable-Nelson Piano Company
• Canada - Piano Industry
• Capo Tasto/Capo D'astro/V-Bar
• Capstan
• Care and Maintenance
• Case
• Casio Digital Pianos
• Challen and Sons
• Chamber Music and Accompanying
• Chappell & Company
• Chickering, Jonas
• China - Piano Industry
• Chipping
• Chirogymnaste
• Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek (1810-1849)
• Cimbalom
• Clark (-Steiniger), Frederic Horace (1860-1917)
• Clavichord's Influence on the Piano
• Cledi-harmonique
• Clementi, Muzio & Company
• Clutsam, Ferdinand (fl.ca.1900)
• Cocked-Hat Grand
• Coin-Operated Pianos
• Collard & Collard
• Collections
• Combination Pianos
• Composers' Influence on the Piano
• Compound Pianos
• Concert Grand
• Console Piano
• Cottage Piano
• Couplers
• Crehore, Benjamin (1765-1831)
• Cristofori, Bartolomeo (1655-1732)
• Cross-Strung
• Crown
• Cycloid Grand
• Czechoslovakia - Piano Industry
• Damper
• Damper Pedal
• Debain, Alexandre-Francois (1809-1877)
• Decker Brothers
• De Mela, Domenico (1683-ca.1751)
• Dettmer, George W. and Son (fl.ca.1805-1849)
• Dip
• Disklavier
• Ditanaklasis
• Dolge, Alfred (1848-1922)
• Double Escapement
• Downbearing
• Down-Strike Action
• Downweight
• Drop
• Duo-Art
• Duoclave Pianos
• Duplex Scaling
• Early Piano: Replication
• Early Piano: Restoration
• Early Piano: Revival
• Ebonies
• Edwards, William Henry (fl.1803-1839, possibly -ca.1850)
• Ehrbar Klavierfabrik
• Electronic Pianos
• England - Piano Industry
• English Action
• English Double Action
• English Single Action
• Enharmonic Piano
• Erard, Sebastien (et Freres)
• Escapement
• Euphonicon
• Everett Piano Company
• Exhibition and World's Fairs
• Expression Piano
• Extemporary Recording Piano
• Falcone Piano Company
• Fallboard
• Fandrich Piano Company
• Fazioli, Paolo (b.1944)
• Felt
• Ferrini, Giovanni (fl.1699-1758)