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Antique Woodwind Instruments: An Identification And Price Guide
Peter H. Adams
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Description for Antique Woodwind Instruments: An Identification And Price Guide
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 275 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 520.
This far-reaching and absorbing book is designed to help identify and value woodwind instruments made in Europe and the United States during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Drawing upon the author's many years of research in the field, the book includes a brief history of European woodwind instruments made during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; biographies of important makers; a glossary of terms that will be a welcome help for the novice; a list of key systems; resources for obtaining further information from books, museums, societies, and online; and most importantly, information and nearly 300 images taken from over 20 ... Read more
This far-reaching and absorbing book is designed to help identify and value woodwind instruments made in Europe and the United States during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Drawing upon the author's many years of research in the field, the book includes a brief history of European woodwind instruments made during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; biographies of important makers; a glossary of terms that will be a welcome help for the novice; a list of key systems; resources for obtaining further information from books, museums, societies, and online; and most importantly, information and nearly 300 images taken from over 20 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764322242
SKU
V9780764322242
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Ref
99-2
About Peter H. Adams
Peter H. Adams has been researching musical instrument history for over 25 years. He has also written Antique Brass Wind Instruments (Schiffer Publishing, 1998) and articles that have appeared in scholarly music journals. He resides in California.
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