The Piano: An Encyclopedia
- Editor: Palmieri, Robert
Most impressive in its expanded size, improved layout, substantial amount of new information, and beautiful illustrations ... An authoritative, comprehensive guide... An outstanding...
The Piano: An Encyclopedia
- Editor: Palmieri, Robert
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Most impressive in its expanded size, improved layout, substantial amount of new information, and beautiful illustrations ... An authoritative, comprehensive guide... An outstanding...
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The Encyclopedia of the Piano was selected in its first edition as a Choice Outstanding Book and remains a fascinating and unparalleled reference work. The instrument has been at the center of music history with even composers of large symphonic work asserting that they do not write anything without sketching it out first on a piano; its limitations and expressive capacity have done much to shape the contours of the western musical idiom. Within the scope of this user-friendly guide is everything from the acoustics and construction of the piano to the history of the companies that have built them. The piano-lover might also be surprised to find an entry for Thomas Jefferson, and will no doubt read intently the passages about the changing history of the piano's place in the home. Uniformly well-written and authoritative, this guide will channel anyone's love for the instrument, through social, intellectual, art history and beyond into the electronic age.
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)
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Most impressive in its expanded size, improved layout, substantial amount of new information, and beautiful illustrations ... An authoritative, comprehensive guide... An outstanding reference source... Essential
