The Piano Makers
Details:
- Author(s) Wainwright, David
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1975
- Pages 192pp; illus
- Publisher Hutchinson
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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'This book is about the craftsmen who have made and are still making pianos; how this instrument came to be created and developed; and how it has survived the emergence of more modern forms of domestic and public entertainment to sustain its present popularity'. Covers early history to the post 1945 period. Much focused on the British experience. Refers to makers such as Barrat & Robinson; John Broadwood & Sons; Chappell & Co; Muzio Clementi / Collard & Collard; Cramer & Co; Henry Hicks & Son; J & J Hopkinson; Kemble & Co; Robert Morley & Co; etc