Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos [electronic resource] : a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand /
Good, Edwin M. 1928-
Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand / [electronic resource] : Edwin M. Good. - 2nd ed. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2001. - xxv, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-347) and index.
Illustrations -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to t he first edition -- Author's note -- Technology and t he piano -- earliest pianos -- cl assic piano -- Beethoven and the growing grand -- Pianos from early-nineteenth-century homes -- I ron enters the piano -- french take the lead -- radical americans -- europeans imitat e - or do not -- Some odds and dead ends -- modern piano -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. [ch.] 1. [ch.] 2. The [ch.] 3. The [ch.] 4. [ch .] 5. [ch.] 6. [ch.] 7. The [ ch.] 8. The [ch.] 9. The [ch.] 10. [ch.] 11 . The
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 a ccess: Intranet.
Piano-- History.
Piano-- Construction.
Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand / [electronic resource] : Edwin M. Good. - 2nd ed. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2001. - xxv, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-347) and index.
Illustrations -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to t he first edition -- Author's note -- Technology and t he piano -- earliest pianos -- cl assic piano -- Beethoven and the growing grand -- Pianos from early-nineteenth-century homes -- I ron enters the piano -- french take the lead -- radical americans -- europeans imitat e - or do not -- Some odds and dead ends -- modern piano -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. [ch.] 1. [ch.] 2. The [ch.] 3. The [ch.] 4. [ch .] 5. [ch.] 6. [ch.] 7. The [ ch.] 8. The [ch.] 9. The [ch.] 10. [ch.] 11 . The
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 a ccess: Intranet.
Piano-- History.
Piano-- Construction.