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].