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The Piano-Forte : Its History Traced to the Great Exhibition of 1851 : Harding

The Piano-Forte : Its History Traced to the Great Exhibition of 1851 : Harding

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The Piano-Forte : Its History Traced to the Great Exhibition of 1851

By Rosamond E.M. Harding

Published by Heckscher and Company, 1989. Reprint. Hardcover book with 449 pages. Illustrated.

Iincluding extensive indices and appendices among which are, Technical Terms, List of Patents, Concerning Wire, Felt-Making: tinder and sponge for hammer heads; process of tanning leather for hammer heads, Prices of Pianofortes and materials used in their manufacture, Select list of English Pianoorte makers in London and its environs up to the year 1851, A Note on pedal signs. Generously illustrated throughout with 31 full page plates (photographs) plus innumerable in-text diagrams, sketches and charts and at least one folding diagram showing the details of the mechanism of a keyboard.

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