Music Trade Review

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
F
OR many years we have been receiving at the office of The Music Trade
Review inquiries from subscribers in all parts of the world, asking
for sources from which information might be gained regarding piano con-
struction, and not until the book entitled
"Theory »J Practice °1 Pianoforte Building"
was put forth was there a single work which covered the field in a compre-
hensive manner. Commenting upon this state of affairs, The London and
Provincial Music Trades Review says, in' reviewing a copy of our book:
" It is surprising that a country which has done so much for the development and perfecting of the
pianoforte has hitherto failed to produce a work treating technically of the industry.
"We have had books and lectures on 'The History of the Pianoforte' of a learned and interesting
character, but beyond that nothing that can in any way be regarded as a text-book of the trade."
We have no hesitation in saying to the expert, read this book. Eminent
piano draughtsmen have unhesitatingly pronounced the work a most valu-
able contribution to trade literature.
It is, however, not only to the practical man
that the work should appeal, but to dealers
who should have something more than a super-
ficial knowledge of the piano. It should be in
every repair department in the land, where
the knowledge which it conveys would result
in savings amounting to ten times its cost in a
single year.
Dealers should read it; they will know more
of the piano after its perusal, and they will have
a greater respect for it.
Every salesman should have a copy on his desk. Every part of the piano
is named, and the work is profusely illustrated .with original drawings. It
will help the reader to present the piano in a more intelligent manner to
intending purchasers. One man has ordered eighty copies. He says it
should be in the hands of every piano man, manufacturer, dealer, salesman,
tuner and student.
The volume is splendidly gotten up, containing nearly two hundred
pages, 6)4 x9)4. It is cloth bound, stamped in gold, and represents the
highest type of the printer's art.
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A man can talk a piano more intelligently when he understands it
thoroughly.
Here are a few of the chapters in this book:
The Evolution of the Modern Pianoforte
Description of the Modern Pianoforte
Acoustical Laws of Sounding Strings
The Musical Scale and Musical Intonation
The Equal Temperament
Pianoforte Strings and their Proper Dimensions
Resonance and the Resonance-Apparatus of the Pianoforte
The Casing and Framing of the Pianoforte
The Iron Frame of the Pianoforte
The Mechanism of Percussion
The Touch Mechanism
The Regulation of Pianoforte Touch-Mechanism
Tuning and Tone Regulation of the Pianoforte
The Draughting of the Pianoforte Scale
Development of the Player-Piano
The Small Grand
The book will be sent post-paid to any address in North America, $2.00; all other countries, $2.20.
MONEY REFUNDED IF BOOK IS NOT DESIRED UPON EXAMINATION
EDWARD LYMAN BILL, Publisher,
1 Madison Avc, New York.