Music Trade Review
Issue: 1907 Vol. 44 N. 7 - Page 10
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Cbcory and practice of
Pianoforte Building
ft
|HE above is the title of a technical work which is the result of two years of careful
study and research by one of the most skilful technical writers in this country.
has been given concerning piano construction? Small wonder then that such a work should
attract widespread attention.
Everyone Interested in the music trade Should Read It
1 T covers in a comprehensive manner every essential
•*• of pianoforte building and scale draughting, to-
gether with the principles of acoustics. It is a book
which should be in the hands of every man interested
in piano development. It is profusely illustrated with
original designs.
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 Player-Piano.
The Small Grand.
l p XPERTS in the old world and the new have un-
• ^ hesitatingly pronounced this book to be the most
valuable contribution ever made to trade and technical
literature.
Here is what Charles Stanley, the eminent scale
draughtsman and factory expert, whose talent won
him a gold medal at the Chicago World's Fair, says
of the work:
I can sincerely say that no work that has reached my
hand has ever given me such genuine pleasure. I consider
it one of the best (if not the only one) of its kind that
I have ever read, and should be in the hands of every
student, mechanic and piano builder in the country. As
a scale draughtsman I find it of the greatest value from
a practical as well as a working chart of the scale; and
in many other ways the work is of great value to any
one who has the interest of their work at heart.
/^•EORGE A. WITNEY, head of the Brockport
^"* Piano Mfg. Co., himself being a scale draughts-
man of national repute, writes:
"Theory and Practice of Pianoforte Building" is a valu-
able book for those interested in piano construction.
B foreign exchange, the Condon and Provincial music
trades Review $ay$
" I T 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 treat-
ing technically of the industry.
"We have had books and lectures on 'The History
of the Pianoforte' of a learned and interesting char-
acter, 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 market read
this book (Theory and Practice of Pianoforte Build-
ing) •
£1EORGE ROSE, managing head of the great
^"* English house of Broadwood & Sons, and one
of the leading scientists of Europe, writes:
I have perused the book with much pleasure, and
"Theory and Practice of Pianoforte Building" should be
in the hands of every practical and interested man in
the trade.
It is impossible to present excerpts from the many
communications which we have received endorsing
the first work of its kind ever published. 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 6y*> x g l / 2 . It is cloth bound,
stamped in gold and represents the highest type of
the printer's art.
A man can talk a piano more intelligently when he
understands it thoroughly.
"Theory and Practice of Pianoforte Building" cov-
ers every essential, tells the history of piano develop-
ment, and contains a mass of information hitherto
unobtainable.
There are thousands of men who wish to know some-
thing more about a piano.
We have the book which will enable all who wish to
gain a more correct knowledge of a profession which
should take high rank among industrial pursuits.
Sent Postpaid to United States, Canada and Mexico $2.00, all Other Countries $2.20
EDWARD LYMAN BILL, Publisher
1 Madison Avenue, New York City
10
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Cbcory and practice of
Pianoforte Building
ft
|HE above is the title of a technical work which is the result of two years of careful
study and research by one of the most skilful technical writers in this country.
has been given concerning piano construction? Small wonder then that such a work should
attract widespread attention.
Everyone Interested in the music trade Should Read It
1 T covers in a comprehensive manner every essential
•*• of pianoforte building and scale draughting, to-
gether with the principles of acoustics. It is a book
which should be in the hands of every man interested
in piano development. It is profusely illustrated with
original designs.
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 Player-Piano.
The Small Grand.
l p XPERTS in the old world and the new have un-
• ^ hesitatingly pronounced this book to be the most
valuable contribution ever made to trade and technical
literature.
Here is what Charles Stanley, the eminent scale
draughtsman and factory expert, whose talent won
him a gold medal at the Chicago World's Fair, says
of the work:
I can sincerely say that no work that has reached my
hand has ever given me such genuine pleasure. I consider
it one of the best (if not the only one) of its kind that
I have ever read, and should be in the hands of every
student, mechanic and piano builder in the country. As
a scale draughtsman I find it of the greatest value from
a practical as well as a working chart of the scale; and
in many other ways the work is of great value to any
one who has the interest of their work at heart.
/^•EORGE A. WITNEY, head of the Brockport
^"* Piano Mfg. Co., himself being a scale draughts-
man of national repute, writes:
"Theory and Practice of Pianoforte Building" is a valu-
able book for those interested in piano construction.
B foreign exchange, the Condon and Provincial music
trades Review $ay$
" I T 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 treat-
ing technically of the industry.
"We have had books and lectures on 'The History
of the Pianoforte' of a learned and interesting char-
acter, 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 market read
this book (Theory and Practice of Pianoforte Build-
ing) •
£1EORGE ROSE, managing head of the great
^"* English house of Broadwood & Sons, and one
of the leading scientists of Europe, writes:
I have perused the book with much pleasure, and
"Theory and Practice of Pianoforte Building" should be
in the hands of every practical and interested man in
the trade.
It is impossible to present excerpts from the many
communications which we have received endorsing
the first work of its kind ever published. 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 6y*> x g l / 2 . It is cloth bound,
stamped in gold and represents the highest type of
the printer's art.
A man can talk a piano more intelligently when he
understands it thoroughly.
"Theory and Practice of Pianoforte Building" cov-
ers every essential, tells the history of piano develop-
ment, and contains a mass of information hitherto
unobtainable.
There are thousands of men who wish to know some-
thing more about a piano.
We have the book which will enable all who wish to
gain a more correct knowledge of a profession which
should take high rank among industrial pursuits.
Sent Postpaid to United States, Canada and Mexico $2.00, all Other Countries $2.20
EDWARD LYMAN BILL, Publisher
1 Madison Avenue, New York City
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