Technical development of the pianoforte
Commercial development of the piano industry
Men who have made piano history
Influence of piano virtuosos upon the industry.
Part one: Technical development of the pianoforte. Chapter I. The monochord, Pythagoras, Guideo of Arezzo, the Chinese Ke --
The clavicytherium, Italy and Germany --
The clavichord, Daniel Faber, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven --
The spinet, Giovanni Spinnetti --
The harpsichord and its development --
Chapter II. The pianoforte, Christofori, Marius, Schröter, Silbermann, Backers, Stein, German, Austrian and English schools, Friederici --
The square piano, Zumpe, Broadwood, Erard, Behrend, Albrecht, Crehore, Osborn, Babcock, Chickering, Steinway, Mathushek --
The upright piano, Schmidt, Hawkins, Loud, Southwell, Wornum, Pleyel --
The grand piano, Geronimo, Still, Stodart, Broadwood, Erard, Stein, Nannette Stein-Streicher, Loud, Jardine, Chickering, Steinway, Bösendorfer, Kaps --
Chapter III. The full iron frame, Hawkins, Allen and Thom, Babcock, Chickering, Erard, Broadwood, Hoxa, Steinway --
The keyboard, Guido of Arezzo, Zarlina, Kirkman, Krause, chromatic keyboard, Neuhaus, Cludsam, Paul von Janko, Perzina --
The action, Schröter, Christofori, Silbermann, Stein, Streicher, Zumpe, Backers, Erard, Friederici, Wornum, Pleyel, Pape --
The hammer, Christofori, Silbermann, Pape, Wilke, Kreter, Mathushek, Collins, Dolge, Ammon, Steinway --
The soundboard, Chladni, Tyndall, Helmholtz, Hansing, Dr. Paul, Pape, Mathushek --
Chapter IV. The supply industries, lumber (old and new methods of seasoning), felt, wire, actions --
Felt making, Pape, Whitehead, Naish, Billon, Fortin, Weickert, Dolge --
Piano wire, Fuchs, Webster & Horsfall, Miller, Poehlmann, Washburn & Moen, Houghton, Smith, World's fair tests --
Actions, Brooks, Isermann, Gehrling, Herrburger-Schwander, Morgenstern & Kotrade, Lexow, Langer & Company, Fritz & Meyer, Keller, Seaverns --
Chapter V. Development of the player piano, Morse, Vaucanson, Seytre, Bain, Pape, Fourneaux, McTammany, Gally, Bishop & Downe, Kuster, Paine, Parker, White, Brown, Votey, Goolmann, Hobart, Clark, Kelly, Klugh, Welin, Hupfeld, Welte, Young, Crooks, Dickinson, Danquard --
Part two. Commercial development of the piano industry. Chapter I. Italy, Christofori, Fischer, Sievers, Röseler, Mola --
Germany, Silbermann, Stein, Nannette Stein, Streicher, Schiedmayer, Ibach, Ritmuller, Rosenkrantz, Irmler, Blüthner --
France, Erard, Pleyel, Herz, Gaveau, Bord --
England, Tshudi, Broadwood, Kirkman, Zumpe, Collard, Brinsmead, Hopkinson --
America, Chickering, MacKay, Nunns & Clark, Gilbert, Steinway --
Chapter II. The commercial piano, Joseph P. Hale --
The stencil, department stores, consolidations --
Chapter III. The art piano, Trasunti, Hans Ruckers, Shudi, Broadwood, Alma Tadema, Steinway, Marquandt, Sir Edward Poynter, Centennial Grand at the White House, Denning, Bosendorfer, Empress Elizabeth, Ibach's Jubilee Grand, Baldwin, Barnhorn, Guest, Bluthner, Erard, Pleyel, Lyon & Co., Chickering Louis IXV, Everett Sheraton Grand, Samuel Hayward, Knabe "Nouveau Art" Grand, Weber Louis XIV Grand --
The pedal piano, Schone, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Pleyel, Erard, Pfeiffer, Henry F. Miller --
Chapter IV. Export, Steinway, Aeolian --
Methods of marketing, the agency system --
Chapter V. The trust movements of 1892, 1897, and 1899. Plan, scope, cause of failure --
Part three. Men who have made piano history. Chapter I. Italy, Guido of Arezzo, Spinnetti, Geronimo, Christofori, Fischer, Sievers, Röseler, Mola --
Germany, Silbermann, Stein, Nannette Stein, Streicher, Bosendorfer, Seuffert, Ehrbar, Schweighofer, Heitzmann, Ibach, Ritmuller, Rosenkrantz, Irmler, Schiedmayer, Kaim & Günther, Dörner, Lipp, Wagner, Pfeiffer, Rohlfing, Knake, Adam, Heyl, Vogel, Lindner, Meyer, Mand, Gebauhr, Thürmer, Steinweg, Grotrian, Zeitter & Winkelmann, Buschmann, Rachals, Scheel, Blüthner, Ronisch, Feurich, Isermann, Weickert, Poehlmann --
England, Shudi, Broadwood, Collard, Challen, Hopkinson, Brinsmead, Eavestaff, Squire, Grover, Barnett, Poehlmann, Strohmenger, Witton, Brooks --
Chapter II. France, Erard, Pleyel, Kalkbrenner, Wolff, Lyon, Herz, Pape, Kriegelstein, Gaveau, Bord, Schwander, Herrburger --
Spain, Estela, Guarra, Chassaign, Montana --
Belgium, Berden, Van Hyfte, Vits, Boone Fils, Gevaert, Günther, Oor --
Netherlands, Allgäuer, Cuijpers, Rijken and de Lange --
Scandinavia, Hornung & Möller, Ekstrem, Malmsjöe, Hals --
Russia, Diederichs, Schröder, Becker --
Japan, Torakusu Yamaba, Nishikawa & Son --
Chapter III. America, Crehore, Osborn, Babcock, MacKay, Stewart, Chickering, Bacon & Raven, James A. Gray, William Bourne, McPhail, Lindeman, Schomacker, Knabe, Steinway, Hazelton, Fischer, Stieff, Weber, Steck, Kimball, Cable, Wulsin, Starr, Healy, Wurlitzer, Estey, White, Packard, Votey, Clark --
Part four. Influence of piano virtuosos upon the industry. Chapter I. Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Rubinstein, Bülow, Joseffy, Hofmann, Rosenthal, Carreno, de Pachmann, Busoni, Paderewski --
Chapter II. Testimonials and their value --
Part five. National associations of manufacturers and dealers in Europe and America --
Chapter II. The trade press, its value to the industry --
Chapter III. Literature on the pianoforte --
Chapter IV. Conclusions --
Appendix. List of firms manufacturing pianos and supplies at the present time.
