Makers of the Piano: 1820-1860"Fulfilling a need for a comprehensive study of early pianos, Makers of the Piano 1700-1820 is the first book to present details about all known extant pianos built during the earliest years of the instrument's existence. Biographical information about each maker and such details about his instruments as the place and date of manufacture, style, compass, case description and measurements, strings, action, stops, pedals, and present and former owners are given. Bibliographical references are listed separately for individual pianos. Builders whose pianos have been lost are identified; however, anonymous pianos have not been included unless an attribution to a known maker is likely. Principal collections with their catalogues and an exhaustive bibliography complete this valuable reference work."--BOOK JACKET. |
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6½ oct AAA-a Alpheus Babcock bassoon brass Broadwood carved casters INSCRIPTION CC-a CC-f CC-g LENGTH Clinkscale Clinkscale/MAKERS Collection PRESENT OWNERS Conrad Graf corda damper FORMER OWNERS damper PRESENT OWNERS dampers PEDALS DATE DEPTH Dolge/PIANOS Double-strung throughout Ebony English double Exhibition FF-f LENGTH Finchcocks firm Fitzroy Square forte Germanisches Nationalmuseum Grand COMPASS Groce/NY² Haine-M/DICT hammers Harding/PIANO2 HEIGHT Heyde/PREUSSEN inlaid iron Ivory janissary Johann John John Broadwood Keyboard Instruments keyboard shift Kuronen label listed London maker London piano maker long ACTION long SHARPS lyre Mahogany veneer maker in Vienna Michel/HIST Musée Museum Musical Instruments nameboard OCTAVE SPAN open music desk ormolu Ottner/WIEN overspun Paris partner patent Pianoforte Pigot plaque Private Collection REFERENCES Pulteney Street rosewood Rosewood veneer SCALE SERIAL Single-strung soundboard Spillane/HIST Square COMPASS Street STYLE tapered legs triple-strung turned legs una corda Unknown REFERENCES Upright COMPASS US/DC/Washington Vienna Viennese PEDALS Walnut veneer WIDTH William wrest plank York