MAKERS OF THE PIANO 1700-1820

Second printing, (the first was in 1993). Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. An excellent example.

The first book to present details about all known extant pianos built during the earliest years of the instrument's existence. Biographical information about each maker and details about their instruments including the place and date of manufacture, style, compass, case description and measurements, strings, action, stops, pedals, and present and former owners are given. Bibliographical references are listed separately for the individual pianos. Makers whose pianos have been lost are identified; however, anonymous pianos have not been included unless an attribution to a known maker is likely. Principal collections with their catalogues and an exhaustive bibliography complete this valuable reference work.