Makers of the Piano: 1820-1860

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Makers of the Piano: 1820-1860 is written by Martha Novak Clinkscale and published by Clarendon Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0198166257 (ISBN 10) and 9780198166252 (ISBN 13).

This book continues the overview of early pianos begun in Clinkscale's Makers of the Piano 1700-1820 (OUP, 1993). Although a few of the biographies overlap, the majority of the makers are completely new. Approximately 2,400 makers and manufacturers and about 2,200 pianos are listed. Of this total, about 645 are English, the majority of whom were active in London; more than 200 of the London makers have not been discussed in previous publications.