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Technical development of the pianoforte -- Commercial development of the piano industry -- Men who have made piano history -- Influence of piano virtuosos upon the industry.
The monochord, Pythagoras, Guideo of Arezzo, the Chinese Ke -- The clavicytherium, Italy and Germany -- The clavichord, Daniel Faber, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven -- The spinet, Giovanni Spinnetti -- The harpsichord and its development -- The pianoforte, Christofori, Marius, Schröter, Silbermann, Backers, Stein, German, Austrian and English schools, Friederici -- The square piano, Zumpe, Broadwood, Erard, Behrend, Albrecht, Crehore, Osborn, Babcock, Chickering, Steinway, Mathushek -- The upright piano, Schmidt, Hawkins, Loud, Southwell, Wornum, Pleyel -- The grand piano, Geronimo, Still, Stodart, Broadwood, Erard, Stein, Nannette Stein-Streicher, Loud, Jardine, Chickering, Steinway, Bösendorfer, Kaps -- The full iron frame, Hawkins, Allen and Thom, Babcock, Chickering, Erard, Broadwood, Hoxa, Steinway -- The keyboard, Guido of Arezzo, Zarlina, Kirkman, Krause, chromatic keyboard, Neuhaus, Cludsam, Paul von Janko, Perzina -- The action, Schröter, Christofori, Silbermann, Stein, Streicher, Zumpe, Backers, Erard, Friederici, Wornum, Pleyel, Pape -- The hammer, Christofori, Silbermann, Pape, Wilke, Kreter, Mathushek, Collins, Dolge, Ammon, Steinway -- The soundboard, Chladni, Tyndall, Helmholtz, Hansing, Dr. Paul, Pape, Mathushek -- The supply industries, lumber (old and new methods of seasoning), felt, wire, actions -- Felt making, Pape, Whitehead, Naish, Billon, Fortin, Weickert, Dolge -- Piano wire, Fuchs, Webster & Horsfall, Miller, Poehlmann, Washburn & Moen, Houghton, Smith, World's fair tests -- Actions, Brooks, Isermann, Gehrling, Herrburger-Schwander, Morgenstern & Kotrade, Lexow, Langer & Company, Fritz & Meyer, Keller, Seaverns -- Development of the player piano, Morse, Vaucanson, Seytre, Bain, Pape, Fourneaux, McTammany, Gally, Bishop & Downe, Kuster, Paine, Parker, White, Brown, Votey, Goolmann, Hobart, Clark, Kelly, Klugh, Welin, Hupfeld, Welte, Young, Crooks, Dickinson, Danquard --
Commercial development of the piano industry. Italy, Christofori, Fischer, Sievers, Röseler, Mola -- Germany, Silbermann, Stein, Nannette Stein, Streicher, Schiedmayer, Ibach, Ritmuller, Rosenkrantz, Irmler, Blüthner -- France, Erard, Pleyel, Herz, Gaveau, Bord -- England, Tshudi, Broadwood, Kirkman, Zumpe, Collard, Brinsmead, Hopkinson -- America, Chickering, MacKay, Nunns & Clark, Gilbert, Steinway -- The commercial piano, Joseph P. Hale -- The stencil, department stores, consolidations -- The art piano, Trasunti, Hans Ruckers, Shudi, Broadwood, Alma Tadema, Steinway, Marquandt, Sir Edward Poynter, Centennial Grand at the White House, Denning, Bosendorfer, Empress Elizabeth, Ibach's Jubilee Grand, Baldwin, Barnhorn, Guest, Bluthner, Erard, Pleyel, Lyon & Co., Chickering Louis IXV, Everett Sheraton Grand, Samuel Hayward, Knabe "Nouveau Art" Grand, Weber Louis XIV Grand -- The pedal piano, Schone, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Pleyel, Erard, Pfeiffer, Henry F. Miller -- The player piano -- Export, Steinway, Aeolian -- Methods of marketing, the agency system -- The trust movements of 1892, 1897, and 1899. Plan, scope, cause of failure --
Men who have made piano history. Italy, Guido of Arezzo, Spinnetti, Geronimo, Christofori, Fischer, Sievers, Röseler, Mola -- Germany, Silbermann, Stein, Nannette Stein, Streicher, Bosendorfer, Seuffert, Ehrbar, Schweighofer, Heitzmann, Ibach, Ritmuller, Rosenkrantz, Irmler, Schiedmayer, Kaim & Günther, Dörner, Lipp, Wagner, Pfeiffer, Rohlfing, Knake, Adam, Heyl, Vogel, Lindner, Meyer, Mand, Gebauhr, Thürmer, Steinweg, Grotrian, Zeitter & Winkelmann, Buschmann, Rachals, Scheel, Blüthner, Ronisch, Feurich, Isermann, Weickert, Poehlmann -- England, Shudi, Broadwood, Collard, Challen, Hopkinson, Brinsmead, Eavestaff, Squire, Grover, Barnett, Poehlmann, Strohmenger, Witton, Brooks -- France, Erard, Pleyel, Kalkbrenner, Wolff, Lyon, Herz, Pape, Kriegelstein, Gaveau, Bord, Schwander, Herrburger -- Spain, Estela, Guarra, Chassaign, Montana -- Belgium, Berden, Van Hyfte, Vits, Boone Fils, Gevaert, Günther, Oor -- Netherlands, Allgäuer, Cuijpers, Rijken and de Lange -- Scandinavia, Hornung & Möller, Ekstrem, Malmsjöe, Hals -- Russia, Diederichs, Schröder, Becker -- Japan, Torakusu Yamaba, Nishikawa & Son -- America, Crehore, Osborn, Babcock, MacKay, Stewart, Chickering, Bacon & Raven, James A. Gray, William Bourne, McPhail, Lindeman, Schomacker, Knabe, Steinway, Hazelton, Fischer, Stieff, Weber, Steck, Kimball, Cable, Wulsin, Starr, Healy, Wurlitzer, Estey, White, Packard, Votey, Clark --
Influence of piano virtuosos upon the industry. Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Rubinstein, Bülow, Joseffy, Hofmann, Rosenthal, Carreno, de Pachmann, Busoni, Paderewski -- National associations of manufacturers and dealers in Europe and America -- The trade press, its value to the industry -- Literature on the pianoforte --
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