George Small (1782–1861) was a partner of the Scottish piano manufacturing firm of Muir, Wood and Company, an Edinburgh magistrate and a philanthropist...
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(musician), musician, composer and producer George Small (piano maker) (1782–1861), Scottish piano maker, music publisher and philanthropist This disambiguation...
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Zeidler". 4 September 2017. Dolge, Alfred (1913). Pianos and Their Makers: Development of the piano industry in America Since the Centennial Exhibition...
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necessity in venues hosting skilled pianists. The upright piano is more commonly used due to its smaller size and lower cost. When a key is depressed, the strings...
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Bartolomeo Cristofori (category Piano makers)
May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments famous for inventing the piano. The available source materials on Cristofori's...
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Kimball International (redirect from Kimball piano company)
Crosby Opera House where Kimball sold pianos made by East Coast piano makers Chickering and Sons, the J & C Fischer Piano Company, Hallet & Davis, F.C. Lighte...
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instrument maker Johannes Zumpe, composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel and Carl Friedrich Abel began writing concertos for piano and...
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A player piano is a self-playing piano with a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action using perforated paper or metallic...
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Luffman, Melody Maker, "Piano Magic Popular Mechanics", November 1997 Piano Magic official site timeline retrieved 16 November 2008 George Parsons, Dream...
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attributed to the maker Zumpe. The overwhelming popularity of his instruments was due to inexpensive construction and price. Over time, square pianos were built...
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