A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments

Contents

• 1. Origins of keyboard instruments
• 2. Principles of design and construction
• 3. The Henri Arnaut manuscript
• 4. The renaissance
• 5. The Baroque period
• 6. Invention of the piano
• 7. The classical period
• 8. The romantic era
• 9. Stagnation and revival
• Bibliography
• Index.