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This illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the technologies of design, materials, and manufacture, and focusing its description on specific existing pianos, it describes the changes in pianos from the earliest days to contemporary instruments. This revised edition incorporates the results of recent research that increases knowledge of the work of Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano; changes perceptions of how eighteenth-century pianos were made and used; adds to the available information about the important contributions of the Steinway Company; and describes the most recent changes to the piano.

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Book category Książki po angielsku The arts Music Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles

• Full title: Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos
• Subtitle: A Technological History from Cristofori to the Modern Concert Grand, Second Edition
• Author: Edwin M. Good
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 400
• EAN: 9780804733168
• ISBN: 0804733163
• ID: 04716813
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Weight: 898 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 178 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. June 2001

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