Piano Tone Building

[Delwin D Fandrich]

As those of you who attended the convention in Rochester may have noticed, the
book, Piano Tone Building, is now available. I picked up the first print run
just before leaving for the convention and took two boxes to Rochester as
checked luggage. 

For those who don't already know, this book is based on the stenographic records
of the so-called "tone building" conferences, or meetings, sponsored by the
American Steel and Wire Company. These meetings, some forty of them, were held
in Chicago and New York from 1916 through 1919. The work was originally
published by ASW and has been reproduced and reduced in size at least once,
probably twice. The most recent copy by The Vestal Press had a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
page size with narrow margins and, shall we say, rather dense type.

The new book is 8" x 10". The pages have been redesigned with new, larger and
more readable type, more linespacing and wider margins. We (my wife, Barbara,
and I) have edited the text, correcting various spelling and punctuation errors,
replacing the odd missing word or two and completing a few sentences that
dangled.

And, not being one to leave well enough alone, I've added about 150 footnotes
where things bothered me. 

The book is being sold through PTG -- the first 30 were sold at the convention
-- and is available directly from us as well. The PTG home office takes credit
cards, we do not. The price of the book is $45 plus some amount for shipping and
handling (I think it's $7, but I'm not positive). 

The current printing is all paperback. There have been a few requests for a
hardcover version which, if there seems to be enough demand, will probably be
available next year.

Regards,

Del
Delwin D Fandrich
Fandrich Piano Company, Inc.
620 South Tower Avenue
Centralia, Washington 98531  USA
Phone: 360.736-7563
E-mail: fandrich at pianobuilders.com