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This lavishly 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 earliest 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. The first edition of this book received the Otto
Kinkeldey Award of the American Musicological Society as the best
musicological book in English published in 1982-83. Reviews of the
First Edition "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 the technology . . . and brings forward the people
involved, with humor and sensitivity." -Los Angeles Times "This is
a fine book. Accurate technical description, an abundance of
photographs and drawings, and a very readable text complement a
provocative thesis." -Technology and Culture "Intriguing reading.
It turns out that the story of the piano and its evolution . . . is
rife with human interest, at least when Good relates the details."
-Keyboard
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The Song of Songs (Hardcover)
Edwin M. Good; Afterword by Anita Sullivan
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The Song of Songs (Paperback)
Edwin M. Good; Afterword by Anita Sullivan
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