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Sebastien Erard and the firm that carried his name are seminal in
the history of musical instruments. Erard's inventions - especially
the double escapement for the piano and the double-action for the
harp - have had an enormous impact on instruments and musical life
and are still at the foundation of piano and harp building today.
The recently discovered archives of the Erard piano and harp
building firm are perhaps the largest and most complete record of
musical instrument making anywhere, containing
never-before-published correspondence from musicians including
Mendelssohn, Liszt and Faure. These volumes present the archive's
records and documents in two parts, the first relating to
inventions, business, composers and performers and the second to
the Erard family correspondence. In both the original French and
with English translations, the documents offer fascinating insights
into the musical landscape of Europe from the start of Erard's
career in 1785 to the closure of the firm in 1959.
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