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Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos [electronic resource] : a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand / Edwin M. Good.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2001.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxv, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Online resources:
Contents:
Illustrations -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to t he first edition -- Author's note -- [ch.] 1. Technology and t he piano -- [ch.] 2. The earliest pianos -- [ch.] 3. The cl assic piano -- [ch.] 4. Beethoven and the growing grand -- [ch .] 5. Pianos from early-nineteenth-century homes -- [ch.] 6. I ron enters the piano -- [ch.] 7. The french take the lead -- [ ch.] 8. The radical americans -- [ch.] 9. The europeans imitat e - or do not -- [ch.] 10. Some odds and dead ends -- [ch.] 11 . The modern piano -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-347) and index.

Illustrations -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to t he first edition -- Author's note -- [ch.] 1. Technology and t he piano -- [ch.] 2. The earliest pianos -- [ch.] 3. The cl assic piano -- [ch.] 4. Beethoven and the growing grand -- [ch .] 5. Pianos from early-nineteenth-century homes -- [ch.] 6. I ron enters the piano -- [ch.] 7. The french take the lead -- [ ch.] 8. The radical americans -- [ch.] 9. The europeans imitat e - or do not -- [ch.] 10. Some odds and dead ends -- [ch.] 11 . The modern piano -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

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