Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos [electronic resource] : a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand / Edwin M. Good.
2001
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Title
Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos [electronic resource] : a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand / Edwin M. Good.
Edition
2nd ed.
Created/published
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2001.
Description
xxv, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
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Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-347) and index.
Contents
Illustrations
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Author's note
[ch.] 1. Technology and the piano
[ch.] 2. The earliest pianos
[ch.] 3. The classic piano
[ch.] 4. Beethoven and the growing grand
[ch.] 5. Pianos from early-nineteenth-century homes
[ch.] 6. Iron enters the piano
[ch.] 7. The french take the lead
[ch.] 8. The radical americans
[ch.] 9. The europeans imitate - or do not
[ch.] 10. Some odds and dead ends
[ch.] 11. The modern piano
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Author's note
[ch.] 1. Technology and the piano
[ch.] 2. The earliest pianos
[ch.] 3. The classic piano
[ch.] 4. Beethoven and the growing grand
[ch.] 5. Pianos from early-nineteenth-century homes
[ch.] 6. Iron enters the piano
[ch.] 7. The french take the lead
[ch.] 8. The radical americans
[ch.] 9. The europeans imitate - or do not
[ch.] 10. Some odds and dead ends
[ch.] 11. The modern piano
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Reproduction
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2008. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
American philosophy series ; no. 7.
American philosophy series ; no. 7.
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