Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos: A Technological History from Cristofori to the Modern Concert Grand, Second Edition
- Author: Good, Edwin M.
If you have ever looked under the lid of a piano and wondered about the technical how and why of it all, this is the book to sate your curiosity. . . . Good's vigorous prose breathes life into... — More…
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Contents
- Illustrations Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition Author's note
- 1. Technology and the piano
- 2. The earliest pianos
- 3. The classic piano
- 4. Beethoven and the growing grand
- 5. Pianos for early-nineteenth-century homes
- 6. Iron enters the piano
- 7. The French take the lead
- 8. The radical Americans
- 9. The Europeans imitate - or do not
- 10. Some odds and dead ends
- 11. The modern piano Notes Bibliography Index.