Author: James, Philip
Title: Early Keyboard Instruments, from Their Beginnings to the Year 1820
Description: London, P. Davies, 1930. Hardcover. xviii, 153 p. front. illus. music, 65 plates (incl. facsims.) on 32 l. 29 x 23 cm. Very good condition, some light foxing/very good, Contents: Introduction: Origin of the keyboard. Mediaeval instruments.--The clavichord.--The spinet and virginal.--The harpsichord.--The pianoforte until the year 1820.--Appendix: A list of makers and sellers of keyboard instruments (excluding the organ) working in the British isles up to the year 1820.

Keywords: Piano--History; Harpsichord; Musical Instrument Makers; Clavichord


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