The Piano: A History

Cyril Ehrlich is author of The Music Profession in Britain since the Eighteenth Century: A Social History and Harmonious Alliance: A History of the Performing Right Society

• Preface; Introduction; The Victorian piano; Steinway and the new technology; The emergence of Germany; The British market, 1880-1914; France; The United States; The English industry, 1870-1914; The English piano goes to war; Between the wars; Conclusion; Appendix I - A list of piano makers since 1851; Appendix II - Estimates of production; Appendix III - Exotica; Select Bibliography

`splendid volume ... remarkably complete and a formidable accomplishment. It will obviously become standard in its field.'Journal of Economic History