Early keyboard instruments ; from their beginnings to the year 1820, by Philip James.

Author: James, Philip, 1901-1974.

Imprint:London : Holland Press, [1960]

Descriptionxviii, 153 p. : illus., music, 65 plates (incl. facsims.) on 32 l. ; 28 cm.

Note:"First published 1930; reprinted 1960 and 1967."

Note:Introduction: Origin of the keyboard. Mediaeval instruments.--The clavichord.--The spinet and virginal.--The harpsichord.--The pianoforte until the year 1820.--Appendix: A list of makers and sellers of keyboard instruments (excluding the organ) working in the British Isles up to the year 1820.

Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. xii-xviii.

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