Originally published in 1928. A detailed history of the piano, its mechanism, its makes and its makers. Contents Include Remote Ancestry The Coming of the Keyboard First Stringed Keyboard Instruments The Harpsichord Family Early Keyboard Music Revival of Clavichord and Birth of Piano Changes and Improvements Surviving makes of the Eighteenth Century The First Real Piano Music The Upright Piano-Last Improvements Some Famous British Makes Some Famous Foreign Makes The Genealogy of the Piano Bibliography Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.