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a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand

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"This illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the technologies of design, materials, and manufacture, and focusing its description on specific existing pianos, it describes the changes in pianos from the earlist days to contemporary instruments.".

"This revised edition incorporates the results of recent research that increases knowledge of the work of Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano; changes perceptions of how eighteenth-century pianos were made and used; adds to the available information about the important contributions of the Steinway Company; and describes the most recent changes to the piano."--BOOK JACKET.

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Stanford University Press
Language
English
Pages
305

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Subjects
Diseño y construcción, Historia, Construction, Piano, History, Piano, history, Piano, construction

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Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos: a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand
2001, Stanford University Press
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Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos: a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand
1982, Stanford University Press
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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 277-286.
Includes index.

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Stanford, Calif

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
786.2/1/09
Library of Congress
ML652 .G6 1982

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 305 p. :
Number of pages
305

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Open Library
OL3786620M
ISBN 10
0804711208
LCCN
81050787
Library Thing
772219
Goodreads
1246621

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