Instrument Makers to the World
Author | : Anita McConnell |
Publisher | : Hyperion Books |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Science |
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Author | : Anita McConnell |
Publisher | : Hyperion Books |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Science |
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Author | : Nancy Groce |
Publisher | : Pendragon Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780918728975 |
The history of any skilled urban trade is ultimately tied to the growth and development of the city in which it is located. From its humble eighteenth-century beginnings, instrument making grew to be one of New York City's most sizable and important trades. By the 1840s, the city was the largest producer of instruments in the Western Hemisphere, and, in the decades that followed, designs and innovations pioneered by New York artisans influenced and inspired instrument makers throughout the world. Although many of the these instruments survive in American museums, there existed no comprehensive guide to their makers. Nancy Groce's biographical dictionary chronicles all of these master craftsmen in colorful detail, from the obscure work of Geoffry Stafford in 1691, to the zenith of the 1890s, and on to the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Author | : Susan VanHecke |
Publisher | : Astra Publishing House |
Total Pages | : 137 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1590785746 |
Meet the inventors and innovators who defined American music history. A radio repairman imagined inventing the electric guitar. The inventor of 3-D glasses envisioned an electric organ in every home. And a German carpenter immigrated to New York City with the dream of designing the greatest piano in the world. From Steinway pianos and Moog synthesizers to Zildgian cymbals and Martin guitars, noted music writer VanHeke offers a fascinating, insider view of the personalities and perseverance that led to some of music's most important innovations—from classical to jazz to rock. This ALA Notable Children's Book includes photos, source notes, and glossaries.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Arts |
ISBN | : |
On a unique cross-country journey, Heart & Hands: Musical Instrument Makers of America takes us into homes and studios of crafts people whose love of the fine handwork is matched only by their passion for making music. Cutting across geographic and cultural boundaries, this first-of-its-kind photo essay includes makers of heirloom instruments costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to the simplest folk instruments made from recycled materials. This extensive volume contains photographs and excerpts from interviews of more than 250 makers of musical instruments throughout the country. It beautifully displays their craftsmanship, which stands as one of the nation's musical and artistic treasures.
Author | : John R. Millburn |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 443 |
Release | : 2017-07-05 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1351960830 |
’G. Adams in Fleet Street London’ is the signature on some of the finest scientific instruments of the eighteenth century. This book is the first comprehensive study of the instrument-making business run by the Adams family, from its foundation in 1734 to bankruptcy in 1817. It is based on detailed research in the archival sources as well as examination of extant instruments and publications by George Adams senior and his two sons, George junior and Dudley. Separate chapters are devoted to George senior’s family background, his royal connections, and his new globes; George junior’s numerous publications, and his dealings with van Marum; and to Dudley’s dabbling with ’medico-electrical therapeutics’. The book is richly illustrated with plates from the Adams’s own publications and with examples of instruments ranging from unique museum pieces - such as the ’Prince of Wales’ microscope - and globes to the more common, even mundane, items of the kind seen in salesrooms and dealers - the surveying, navigational and military instruments that formed the backbone of the business. The appendices include facsimiles of trade catalogues and an annotated short-title listing of the Adams family’s publications, which also covers American and Continental editions, as well as the posthumous ones by W. & S. Jones.
Author | : Grit Laskin |
Publisher | : Oakville, Ont. : Mosaic Press |
Total Pages | : 109 |
Release | : 1987-01-01 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9780889623491 |
Author | : Susan Caust Farrell |
Publisher | : University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9780826203229 |
This unique reference book is a compendium of makers and manufacturers of every variety of musical instrument made in the United States today. It provides names and addresses of instrument makers indexed alphabetically. Each entry gives all known information on the total and annual number of instruments the maker has produced, the number of workers in the shop, the year the individual or firm began manufacturing instruments, whether the instruments are available on demand or made to order, and whether a brochure is available from the maker. Complete cross-references are provided for companies known by more than one name, for partnerships, and for parent and subsidiary firms. Instruments are also indexed, and makers are listed by state for the convenience of the reader. Lists of schools of instrument making and relevant organizations and publications are included as appendixes. The directory will serve two major purposes. First, it will be an invaluable source of information for historians and for the rapidly growing number of collectors of musical instruments, who will be able to use the data gathered here in appraising instruments and tracing their history. The second purpose is simply to increase communication among instrument makers and to make their names available to retail and wholesale outlets for their products.
Author | : John R. Millburn |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2017-07-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351960822 |
’G. Adams in Fleet Street London’ is the signature on some of the finest scientific instruments of the eighteenth century. This book is the first comprehensive study of the instrument-making business run by the Adams family, from its foundation in 1734 to bankruptcy in 1817. It is based on detailed research in the archival sources as well as examination of extant instruments and publications by George Adams senior and his two sons, George junior and Dudley. Separate chapters are devoted to George senior’s family background, his royal connections, and his new globes; George junior’s numerous publications, and his dealings with van Marum; and to Dudley’s dabbling with ’medico-electrical therapeutics’. The book is richly illustrated with plates from the Adams’s own publications and with examples of instruments ranging from unique museum pieces - such as the ’Prince of Wales’ microscope - and globes to the more common, even mundane, items of the kind seen in salesrooms and dealers - the surveying, navigational and military instruments that formed the backbone of the business. The appendices include facsimiles of trade catalogues and an annotated short-title listing of the Adams family’s publications, which also covers American and Continental editions, as well as the posthumous ones by W. & S. Jones.
Author | : Keith R. Hill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1998-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780965724005 |
This book tells the reader how the beautiful sound in a great musical instrument is accomplished. It is the only book of its kind & scope ever written. The musicians & instrument makers who have read it say: "empowering to read," "a revelation which enlightens the understanding about why great musical instruments sound as they do," "Blows the door wide open showing an entire undreamt world known only by the greatest instrument makers of the past," "a bible of insights about sound for musicians & instrument makers," "too valuable to not be on the workbench of anyone interested in making musical instruments." Written in plain English, it focuses on the Thirteen Tonal Principles & the art of tuning & selecting wood. It also includes two groups of essays which discuss the way of thinking needed to bring all the principles together in an integrated whole. Public libraries, music libraries, & libraries in schools, colleges, & universities especially will want this book on their shelves to serve the keen interest in the general population about this subject.