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Author Hettrick, William E., author.

Title The American piano industry : episodes in the history of a great enterprise / William E. Hettrick.

Publication Info. Hillsdale, NY : Pendragon Press, [2020]
©2020

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 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML661 .H48 2020    Available  
Description xii, 427 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Series American music and musicians series ; no. 8
American music and musicians series ; no. 8.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The American piano-supply industry in the nineteenth century : a gathering of parts -- Joseph P. Hale, legendary piano manufacturer -- Pitching the goods : piano advertising in the golden years -- Gilding the lily : the mandolin attachment -- John J. Swick, obscure piano manufacturer -- Harry Edward Freund and his great square-piano bonfire : a tale told in the press -- Appendixes [includes: American piano-supply manufacturers and dealers of the nineteenth century ; American piano manufacturers (and piano-supply companies) of the nineteenth century and their associations with the piano-supply industry].
Subject Piano -- United States -- History.
Piano.
United States.
History.
Piano makers -- United States -- History.
Piano makers.
Piano -- United States -- Manufacturers' catalogs.
Genre/Form Trade catalogs.
History.
Trade catalogs.
ISBN 9781576473498 (paperback)
157647349X (paperback)