

Gabriella and Nikolaus Schimmel, Wilhelm Schimmel Pianofortefabrik, Braunschweig, Germany Frank Seta, Baldwin Piano and Organ Company, Cincinnati, Ohio Henry Z. Patrick Rucker and Gary Sturm,Īcknowledgments Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Regier, Freeport, Maine Christiane Rieche, Handel-Haus, Halle, Germany Nicholas Renouf and Susan Thompson, Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments, New Haven, Conn. Professor James Parakilas, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine Cecil Ramirez, Mason & Hamlin Company, Haverhill, Mass. Frank Mazurco and Michael Mohr, Steinway & Sons, New York Kenneth Mobbs, Bristol, Eng. Terry Lewis and Ray Reuter, Yamaha Corporation of America, Buena Park, Calif. Rudolf Hopfner, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Dennis Houlihan, Roland Corporation of America, Los Angeles Professor John Koster, Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota, Vermillion Darcy Kuronen, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston David Lamoreaux, Takoma Park, Md. Eszter Fontana, MusikinstrumentenMuseum, Leipzig University, Leipzig Martin Heckscher, London Robert Hickerson, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence Dr. Darrell and Heather Fandrich, Seattle, Wash. Donald W Dillon, Piano Manufacturers Association International, Los Angeles Professor Cyril Ehrlich, Oxford, Eng.

Otto Biba, Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna Professor Martha Novak Clinkscale, Dallas, Tex. Frank Bar, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg Dr. In addition to those, I thank the following: Dr. Some of the persons mentioned in connection with the first edition were also gracious many years later. Vincenti Friend, Colleague, and Patient Mentorįor the Second Edition My debts for this edition of the book are many. in 10.75 I I4 A Garamond Original printing 200I Last figure below indicates year of this printing: IO ML652.G6 200I oo-o6I24I 786.2'I9'09-dc2I Designed by Janet Wood Typeset by G & S Typesetters, Inc. Includes bibliographical references and index. (Edwin Marshall) Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos : a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand I Edwin M. © 200I by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Good, Edwin M. Stanford University Press Stanford, California STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS STANFORD, CALIFORNIA Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other PianosĪ Technological History from Cristofori to the Modern Concert Grand SECOND EDITION The modern piano Notes Bibliography Index. Pianos for early-nineteenth-century homes 6. Illustrations Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition Author's note 1.
