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Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos: a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand
Edwin M. Good
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Frontmatter
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Illustrations (page xiii)
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Preface to the Second Edition (page xvii)
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Preface to the First Edition (page xxi)
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Author's Note (page xxv)
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1. Technology and the Piano (page 1)
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2. The Earliest Pianos (page 29)
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3. The Classic Piano (page 55)
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4. Beethoven and the Growing Grand (page 91)
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5. Pianos for Early-Nineteenth-Century Homes (page 120)
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6. Iron Enters the Piano (page 145)
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7. The French Take the Lead (page 164)
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8. The Radical Americans (page 197)
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9. The Europeans Imitate—or Do Not (page 236)
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10. Some Odds and Dead Ends (page 257)
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11. The Modern Piano (page 279)
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Notes (page 319)
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Bibliography (page 333)
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Index (page 349)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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EM | 13.1 (Feb. 1985): 81-82 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3127410 |
TC | 26.2 (Apr. 1985): 337-339 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3104377 |
MAL | 65.2 (Apr. 1984): 195-196 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/736984 |
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Published: c2001
Publisher: Stanford University Press
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