<HTML> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Wim, I don't think anyone has mentioned to you that this book has no text per se.  It is entirely composed of diagrams with listings of part names.&n= bsp; Only in the glossary are functions addressed.  The purpose of this text was = to establish "official" names for the parts of the piano - not as a text which<= BR> could serve soley as instruction on function.  It's more of a companion= source.  So, you might want to consider this in your choice of text.<BR= > Jeff </BLOCKQUOTE> Jeff Thank you for your note. I am aware of the contents of the book. I had it at= one time, but somewhere along the way it disappeared. (Maybe I gave it tot = he chapter library.) But I think a reference book like this could be very us= eful for my class, for the very reason you explained, as a companion source.= My outline includes a description of each part of the piano, it's material,= use, and function. I think it would be very helpful if the students had a p= icture of each part, and where it belongs in the piano. That way, when they = call their piano tuner sometime in the future, they can explain exactly whic= h part they think isn't working right. (at least that is the goal). The other reference book I am going to use is Larry Fine's Piano Book. Again= , not so much as a text book, but as a reference book, when it comes time in= my curriculum for the buying a new and/or used piano. I don't what other book is available on the market that could be used as a t= ext book per se. Do you? Wim </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>