Author : Edward L. Kottick
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 32,59 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1469610604
Kottick presents technical information in an accessible, but entertaining, way: the forms and styles of harpsichords, advice on purchasing decisions, maintenance techniques (such as voicing, regulating, and changing strings, tongues, plectra, springs, and dampers), aids in troubleshooting common problems, and detailed instructions on tuning and temperament. As builder of some thirty keyboard instruments, Kottick is well qualified to speak on the subject.
Author : Jean Denis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 42,36 MB
Release : 1987-04-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521314022
A translation of Jean Denis's Treatise on Harpsichord Tuning (1643/50), with notes and an introduction.
Author : Owen Jorgensen
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 31,45 MB
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Ross W. Duffin
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 40,2 MB
Release : 2008-10-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 0393075648
"A fascinating and genuinely accessible guide....Educating, enjoyable, and delightfully unscary."—Classical Music What if Bach and Mozart heard richer, more dramatic chords than we hear in music today? What sonorities and moods have we lost in playing music in "equal temperament"—the equal division of the octave into twelve notes that has become our standard tuning method? Thanks to How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony, "we may soon be able to hear for ourselves what Beethoven really meant when he called B minor 'black'" (Wall Street Journal).In this "comprehensive plea for more variety in tuning methods" (Kirkus Reviews), Ross W. Duffin presents "a serious and well-argued case" (Goldberg Magazine) that "should make any contemporary musician think differently about tuning" (Saturday Guardian). Some images in the ebook are not displayed owing to permissions issues.
Author : J. Murray Barbour
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 36,85 MB
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 0486317358
This classic chronicle of the longstanding challenges of tuning and temperament devotes a chapter to each principal theory, features a glossary and numerous tables, and requires only minimal background in music theory.
Author : Daniel Mason
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,87 MB
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1400077710
A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year “A gripping and resonant novel. . . . It immerses the reader in a distant world with startling immediacy and ardor. . . . Riveting.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the imperial design. From this irresistible beginning, The Piano Tuner launches readers into a world of seductive, vibrantly rendered characters, and enmeshes them in an unbreakable spell of storytelling.
Author : Herbert Anton Kellner
Publisher :
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 46,46 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Music
ISBN : 9783920112787
Author : Mark Kroll
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 23,47 MB
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 1107156076
Covers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.
Author : Nicholas J. Giordano
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 24,46 MB
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 0192506633
Why does a piano sound like a piano? A similar question can be asked of virtually all musical instruments. A particular note-such as middle C-can be produced by a piano, a violin, a clarinet, and many other instruments, yet it is easy for even a musically untrained listener to distinguish between these different instruments. A central quest in the study of musical instruments is to understand why the sound of the "same" note depends greatly on the instrument, and to elucidate which aspects of an instrument are most critical in producing the musical tones characteristic of the instrument. The primary goal of this book is to investigate these questions for the piano. The explanations in this book use a minimum of mathematics, and are intended for anyone who is interested in music and musical instruments. At the same time, there are many insights relating physics and the piano that will likely be interesting and perhaps surprising for many physicists.
Author : Arthur A. Reblitz
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,13 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Piano
ISBN : 9781879511026
Provides all the information needed for restoring and maintaining pianos, both for professionals and amateurs.
