Mr. Langshaw's Square Piano: The Story of the First Piano...
Goold, Madeline A handwritten serial number inside a neglected 1807 Broadwood square piano inspired this illuminating story of an almost-forgotten musical instrument that transformed the musical and cultural perceptions of the western world. Square pianos were the first popular pianos, and the core of the classical piano repertoire--Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven--was written for such early pianos. This absorbing history leads back to the early days of the Industri...