<HTML> Dear List: I am compiling a list of books and music to recommend  to piano customers with the purpose of helping to  promote and enhance the appreciation of the piano. In the past, my customers have shown interest in: <UL> <LI> Audio -- favorite CD's, tapes ... etc.</LI> <LI> Biographies</LI> <UL> <LI> The Lives of the Great Composers Harold C. Schonberg</LI> <LI> Rubinstein : A Life by Harvey Sachs, Donald Manildi</LI> </UL> <LI> History & Criticism</LI> <UL> <LI> Norton Anthology of Western Music : Classic to Modern Vol. 2 Claude V. Palisca</LI> <LI> Music in Western Civilization Paul Henry Lang</LI> </UL> <LI> Instruments and Performers</LI> <UL> <LI> The Piano Book : Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano by Larry Fine</LI> <LI>  88 Keys : The Making of a Steinway Piano Miles Chapin, Rodica Prato</LI> </UL> <LI> Musical Genres -- blues, classical, popular etc.</LI> <LI> Recording & Sound  -- home recording studio -- midi, disklavier, pianodisk related</LI> <LI> Reference</LI> <UL> <LI> The New Harvard Dictionary of Music Willi Apel</LI> <LI> Schirmer Pronouncing Pocket Manual of Musical Terms -- Theodore Baker / Laura Kuhn (Editor)</LI> </UL> <LI> Theory, Composition and Performance -- instruction, songbooks, theory etc.</LI> </UL> A few of the books listed above I used while in college. What books are you using at your College or University? Do you have a special book(s) that you would like to add to the list? Is there a book(s) your customers have asked about or recommended to you? No list is too small.  If you wish,  feel free to post to me privately at <A HREF="garret@kdn0.attnet.or.jp">traylorg@EqualTemperament.com</A>.  After a week or two, I will send it back out to the list -- then, you can share it with your customers or colleagues too. Sincerely; Garret -- "One who does not read has no advantage over one who does." -------------------------------------- Garret Traylor Equal Temperament Services PSC 482 Box 14 FPO, AP 96362-0014 (Okinawa Japan, Kadena Air Force Base) Associate Member at Large Piano Technicians Guild Washington D.C. Alpha Chapter Web: <A HREF="http://www.EqualTemperament.com">http://www.EqualTemperament.com</A> E-mail: traylorg@EqualTemperament.com E-mail: garret@kdn0.attnet.or.jp --------------------------------------</HTML>