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245 12 a| A description and history of the pianoforte and of the older keyboard stringed instruments /c| by Alfred J. Hipkins ; with introduction by Edwin M. Ripin.;

250 a| Third edition.;

260 a| Detroit :b| Information Coordinators,c| 1975.;

300 a| xv, 130 pages, 9 leaves of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

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490 0 a| Detroit reprints in music;

500 a| Reprint of the undated third edition originally published in 1929 by Novello, London.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Part 1. The pianoforte since the introduction of iron into its construction from 1820. The strings -- The wrest-plank -- The case and framing -- The belly or sound board -- The bridges -- The action -- The striking place -- The pedals -- Tuning -- Part 2. Historical. Keyboard stringed instruments which preceded the pianoforte to A.D. 1800. The keyboard -- The undetermined musical instruments, echiquier (exaquir), eschaqueil d'Angleterre, dulce melos, symphonia -- Clavichord -- Virginal or spinet -- Clavicytherium or upright spinet -- Harpsichord -- Claviorganum or organised spinet -- Sostenente keyboard instruments -- Part 3. Historical. The early pianoforte before the introduction of iron in its construction, 1709-1820 -- Glossary of terms.;

520 a| This book provides a description of the modern piano, an account of the acoustical principles that explain why it works as it does, and a complete history of the piano's predecessors, which puts the modern instrument into a proper perspective not only with respect to the harpsichord and the clavichord but also with respect to the piano of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.;

650 0 a| Pianox| Construction.=| ^A34819;

650 0 a| Pianox| History.=| ^A20344;

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A description and history of the pianoforte and of the older keyboard stringed instruments / by Alfred J. Hipkins ; with introduction by Edwin M. Ripin.

Author/creator	Hipkins, Alfred J.
Format	Book
Edition	Third edition.
Publication Info	Detroit : Information Coordinators, 1975.
Description	xv, 130 pages, 9 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects	Piano--Construction. Piano--History.

Series	Detroit reprints in music
Contents	Part 1. The pianoforte since the introduction of iron into its construction from 1820. The strings -- The wrest-plank -- The case and framing -- The belly or sound board -- The bridges -- The action -- The striking place -- The pedals -- Tuning -- Part 2. Historical. Keyboard stringed instruments which preceded the pianoforte to A.D. 1800. The keyboard -- The undetermined musical instruments, echiquier (exaquir), eschaqueil d'Angleterre, dulce melos, symphonia -- Clavichord -- Virginal or spinet -- Clavicytherium or upright spinet -- Harpsichord -- Claviorganum or organised spinet -- Sostenente keyboard instruments -- Part 3. Historical. The early pianoforte before the introduction of iron in its construction, 1709-1820 -- Glossary of terms.
Abstract	This book provides a description of the modern piano, an account of the acoustical principles that explain why it works as it does, and a complete history of the piano's predecessors, which puts the modern instrument into a proper perspective not only with respect to the harpsichord and the clavichord but also with respect to the piano of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
General note	Reprint of the undated third edition originally published in 1929 by Novello, London.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	74075891
ISBN	0911772723

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