Right, Gina -- "Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos" by Edwin Good, (Stanford University Press, 1982). There's also the old classic, "Men, Women & Pianos, a Social History" by Arthur Loesser (Simon & Schuster, 1954). At 07:22 AM 4/5/97 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 97-04-05 04:15:53 EST, Tunapiana@AOL.COM writes: > ><< By the way, there is a good book called "Pianos and their makers" by >Alfred Dolge, and it has a lot of historical piano stuff in it-it is good > reading.... > >> > >Greg, > >You're right--that's a great book. Another really good book is "Giraffes, >Black Dragons, and Other Pianos." I think the author's last name is Goode but >I can't check because it hasn't found its way back from the last person I >loaned it to (and I don't remember who he/she is either). In addition to its >title, there's lots of really good stuff about how those incredible people >developed our "Black Dragon." > >Gina Carter > > Susan Kline skline@proaxis.com P.O. Box 1651, Philomath, OR 97370 "Nature favors the hidden flaw."
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