TONY BINGHAM
BOOKS
He can deliver you:
AHRENS C. 'Hammerklaviere mit Wiener Mechanik'.
1999. 115p.,
b/w ill. & line drawings in text. German
text.
ANTWERP 'Hans Ruckers (d.1598); Founder of a
harpsichord-
workshop of universal importance in Antwerp'.
144p., 12p. colour plates plus 83 b/w ill. ed.
J.Lambrechts-Douillez. With articles by a.o.
J.H.van der Meer, J. Koster, L. Libin, F.Gétreau.
6 articles in Dutch (with summaries in English),
2 in English, 1 in French and 1 in German.
paper £ 40.00
ANTWERPEN 'Coloquium: Restauratieproblemen van
Antwerpse
klavecimbels' Museum Vleeshuis, 10-12 mei 1970.
A collection of 12 lectures by various people
(1 in Dutch, 1 in French, 4 in English, 6 in German)
on Flemish harpsichords, their construction &
restoration. 85p., 6 b/w ill. Out of print. paper
£ 12.00
BERLIN Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
Preussischer Kulturbesitz 'Kielklaviere: Cembali-
Spinette-Virginale'. Bestandskatalog mit Beiträgen
von J.H. van der Meer, M. Elste, G. Wagner.
Beschreibung der Instrumente von H. Rase,
D. Droysen-Reber. 423p., 48 colour plates,
232 b/w ill.
£100.00
BEVAN C. 'Musical Instrument Collections in the
British
Isles'. 127p., 47 b/w photos. Details of almost
one hundred collections open to the public. paper
£ 8.00
BOALCH D.H. 'Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavicord
1440-1840'. Third edition, ed. by Ch. Mould.
788p. This edition is now divided in two parts,
part 1 contains biographical details of all
known makers, part 2 contains descriptions of
more than 2000 surviving instruments by the
makers.
£ 85.00
BORGENTREICH 'Orgelmuseum'. 119p., 45p. b/w ill.
German text.
paper £ 15.00
BOSTON 'Keyboard Musical Instruments in the Museum
of
Fine Arts' by J. Koster. 408p. 16 colour- &
242 b/w photos, 78 line drawings.
£ 60.00
BRAUCHLI B. 'The Clavicord'. Foreword by Ch. Hogwood.
408p., 123 b/w ill., music ex. and line drawings
in text.
£ 70.00
'BROADWOOD The Piano of the Nation for six
generations'.
A publication celebrating the visit of King &
Queen in 1926. 17p., 8 b/w ill.
paper £ 12.00
CLINKSCALE M. NOVAK 'Makers of the Piano 1700-1820'.
404p. Biography of each maker & information on
the instruments. No ill.
£ 70.00
CLINKSCALE M. NOVAK 'Makers of the Piano 1820-1860'.
Vol. 2. 1999. 487p., incl. 7p. line drawings of
piano actions. Biography of each maker &
information on the instruments.
£ 80.00
COLE M. 'The Pianoforte in the Classical Era'.
464p.,
24p. plates, 58 figures, 8 tables & 2 music ex.
£ 60.00
CROMBIE D. 'Piano: Evolution, Design and
Performance'.
112p., 99p. of colour photos.
£ 19.00
'DAS HARMONIUM IN DEUTSCHLAND; Bau, wirtschaftliche
Bedeutung und Musikalische Nuzung eines
"historischen" Musikinstrumentes'. 312p., 8p.
b/w photos. German text.
paper £ 35.00
DEN HAAG 'Pianofortes uit de Lage Landen/
Pianofortes
from the Low Countries. 1980. 55p., colour- &
b/w plates. 18 late 18th and early 19th cent.
instruments ill. and descr. Dutch & English text.
paper £ 12.00
EHRLICH C. 'The Piano: A History'. Revised edition.
254p., 8p. b/w photos.
paper £ 16.00
ERARD S. 'L'aventure du pianoforte'. Musée des
Beaux-
Arts et d'Archéologie de Beçancon, 21 septembre-
4 décembre 1995. 57p., 22 b/w ill. French text.
paper
£ 17.00
ERARD S. 'Sébastien Erard 1752-1831 ou la rencontre
avec le pianoforte'. Luxeuil-les-Bains du 3 au
29 Mai 1993. 112p., 17 colour plates. French
text.
paper £ 17.00
GROCE N. 'Musical Instrument Makers of New York: A
Directory of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century
Urban Craftsmen; annotated reference tools in
music no. 4'. 200p., 8 b/w ill., listing a.o.
307 piano & keyboard makers.
£
48.00
HAACKE W. 'Am Klavier: Werke Europäischer Maler aus
sechs Jahrhunderten'. 79p., 15 colour- & 58 b/w
plates. German text.
paper £ 12.00
HALLE 'Kielinstrumente aus der Werkstatt Ruckers; zu
Konzeption, Bauweise und Ravalement sowie Restau-
rierung und Konservierung'. Schriften des Händel-
Hauses, nummer 14; Bericht über die Internationale
Konferenz, 13.-15.September 1996. 1998. 320p.,
colour & b/w plates: 15 articles in English,
7 in German plus vorwort & einleitung.
paper £ 20.00
HERNE 'Das Cembalo, Alte Tasteninstrumente'. Eine
Musik-
instrumentenausstellung der Stadt Herne und die
Konzertreihe des Westdeutsche Rundfunks Köln, 3-
6 Dezember 1981. Katalog. 92p., many b/w ill. of
historical- and new instruments. German text.
paper £
5.00
HIRT F.J. 'Stringed Keyboard Instruments:
1440-1880'.
Translated from German by M.Boehme-Brown. 464p.,
178 b/w - and 1 colour plate. Boston 1968, out of
print, dust jacket torn, contents clean. £130.00
JAMES PH. 'Early Keyboard Instruments from their
beginnings to the year 1820'. London 1930. 153p.,
65 b/w plates plus frontispiece & 2 figures in
text. Out of print, some foxing.
£100.00
KLOP G.C. 'Harpsichord Tuning: course outline'. 31p.
paper £
3.00
KOMLOS K. 'Fortepianos and their Music: Germany,
Austria
and England. 1760-1800'. 158p., music ex. in text. £ 28.00
KJELDSBERG P.A. 'Piano i Norge: Et uundværligt
Instrument'.
95p. 4 colour plates & many b/w photos and ill.
Norwegian text.
£
15.00
LAMBRECHTS-DOUILLEZ J. 'I, Stamboom der klavecimbel-
bouwersfamilie Ruckers-Couchet' 42p., partly
Flemish and English text. Out of print, clean
copy.
paper £ 15.00
LAMBRECHTS-DOUILLEZ J. 'III, Hans en Joannes
Ruckers'.
52p., 4p. b/w ill. Mostly Flemish & English text.
Out of print, clean copy.
paper £ 15.00
'LE PIANOFORTE EN FRANCE: ses descendants jusqu'aux
années trente'. 263p., 5p. colour- & many b/w
ill.. French text.
paper £ 38.00
LEIPZIG 'Clavicorde' Musikinstrumenten-Museum
Leipzig
Katalog Band 4, by H. Henkel. 120p. plus 80p. of
colour & b/w plates. German text.
£ 32.00
LEIPZIG 'Orgelinstrumente Harmoniums'
Musikinstrumen-
ten-Museum Leipzig Katalog Band 6, by K.Gernhardt,
H.Henkel, W.Schrammek. 144p. plus 80p. of
colour & b/w plates. German text. £
44.00
LOCHER C. 'Die Orgel-Register und ihre
Klangfarben,
damit
verwandten akustischen Erscheinungen und wirksamen
Mischungen. Vierte, stark vermehrte Auflage. 1912.
181p. b/w frontispiece, portrait of author. Damage
to spine, slight foxing.
£ 30.00
LOESSER A. 'Men, Women and
Pianos: a social history'.
654p. no ill. Out of print, ex library copy
with stamps, worn.
£ 10.00
LUNELLI C. 'Dizionario dei Costruttori di Strumenti
Musicali nel Trentino'(This book contains mostly
information on organ builders and bell makers).
1994. 280p., b/w plates. Italian text.
£ 38.00
MAGNANO 'De Clavicordio I: Proceedings of the
International Clavichord Symposium / Atti Congresso
Internazionale sul Clavicordo'. 9-11 Settembre 1993.
Ed. by B. Bauchli, S. Brauchli & A. Galazzo. 287p.,
24p. b/w photos & 8p. of line drawings. No coloured
outer cover.
paper £ 10.00
MAGNANO 'De Clavicordio II: Proceedings of the
International Clavichord Symposium / Atti del
Congresso Internazionale sul Clavicordo'. 21-23
September 1995. Ed. by B. Brauchli, S. Brauchli &
A. Galazzo. 274p., 12p. of b/w photos, line drawings
& music ex. in text.
paper £ 42.00
MAGNANO 'De Clavicordio III; Proceedings of the
International Clavichord Symposium / Atti del
Congresso Internazionale sul Clavicordo'. 24-28
September 1997. Ed. by B. Brauchli, S. Brauchli &
A. Galazzo. 296p., 8p. of coloured photos, many b/w
ill., line drawings and music ex. in text.
paper £ 42.00
MAUNDER R. 'Keyboard Instruments in
Eighteenth-Century
Vienna'. This book contains detailed descriptions
of many surviving Viennese Instruments, contemporary
newspaper advertisements for over 1200 keyboard
instruments (German text with English translation)
and an alphabetical list of 18th cent. Viennese
makers.272p., 8p. b/w plates, 15 figures &
14 music ex.
£ 50.00
MERCIER-YTHIER C. 'Les
Clavecins'. 263p., many
colour- &
b/w plates plus technical line drawings. French
text.
£ 90.00
MICHELSTEINER Konferenzberichte 50 'Zur Geschichte
des
Hammerklaviers; 14. Musikinstrumentenbau Symposium
im Michelstein am 12. und 13. November 1993'. 184p.,
b/w ill. Music ex. & line drawings in text.
17 articles in German, 2 in English.
paper £ 16.00
MICHELSTEINER Konferenzberichte 48 'Sébastien Erard,
Ein
europäischer Pionier des Instrumentenbaus;
Un pionnier etc..; A European pioneer etc...
Internationales Erard-Synposium, Michelstein,
13.-14.November 1994. German, French & English
text.
paper £ 11.00
MILANO 'Museo degli Strumenti Musicali'. Musei e
Gallerie
di Milano. 590p., incl 95p. of keyboard
instruments (i.e. harpsichords, virginals, spinets,
clavichords, piano forte & organs) by Augusto Bonza.
All instruments illustrated with detailed description
and b/w ill. of keys, key-profiles, line drawings,
etc. Italian text.
£120.00
MUNCHEN 'Besaitete Tasteninstrumente: Deutsches
Museum
Kataloge der Sammlungen; Musikinstrumenten-
Sammlung', by H. Henkel. 319p., more than 140 b/w
photos of instruments, key-mechanisms & makers
marks. German text.
£ 95.00
'MUSIQUE-IMAGES-INSTRUMENTS, no. 2 / 1996: Apects de
la
vie musicale au XVIIe siècle'. Revue Française
d'Organologie et d'Iconographie Musicale. This
issue contains a.o. several articles on the
harpsichord & also one article discussing the
keyboard collection of Yannick Guillou. 293p.,
many b/w ill. French text.
paper £ 22.00
'MUSIQUE-IMAGES-INSTRUMENTS, no. 3 / 1997: Nouveaux
timbres, nouvelle sensibilité au XVIIIe siècle
(1ère partie). This issue contains a.o. an article
on pictures of French harpsichords & harpsichord
players, an article on Mercken and the square
piano in Paris & also an article discussing the
collection of Kenneth Gilbert. 248p., many b/w
ill. French text.
paper £ 22.00
NUGUES E., POUGET H.C. & MARTIN CH. 'Practical
Manual
for the Piano and Harmonium Tuner; a treatise
on Tuning and Repair of these Instruments,
containing in addition Elementary Principles of
Accoustics'. 146p., 98 line ill. Paris 1913.
Paper cover tatty, contents clean & uncut.
paper £ 45.00
NURNBERG 'Verzeichnis sämtlicher Musikinstrumente
im
Germanischen Nationalmuseum Nürnberg' by R. Huber.
415p. Checklist of all the instruments incl. 68p.
of keyboard instruments. German text.
paper £ 14.00
PALMER L. 'Harpsichord in America: A
twentieth-Century
Revival'. 202p., 32 b/w ill. Out of print. Clean
copy.
£ 18.00
PARIS 'Les Orgues de Paris'. 300p., 16 colour- &
196
b/w photos. French text. Torn dust cover.
£ 40.00
'PIANOFORTES uit de Lage Landen/Pianofortes from the
Low Countries'. 1980. With instruments from Haags
Gemeentemuseum. 55p., 18 instruments ill. &
described. Dutch- & English text. paper
£ 12.00
'PIANO, The New Grove'. E.M.Ripin, Ph.R.Belt,
M.Meisel,
D.Adlam, W.J.Conner, R.E.M.Harding, C.Ehrlich,
H.Davies, R.Winter, J.Bradford Robinson, H.C.
Schonberg, S.Bradshaw. 190p., 41 b/w ill.
paper £
9.00
PLACE A. DE 'Le Piano-Forte à Paris entre 1760 et
1822'.
383p. b/w ill. & music ex. in text. French text.
paper £ 33.00
'PLEYEL AU TEMPS DE FREDERIC CHOPIN'(The Pleyel
Company
in Chopin's lifetime). 57p., b/w ill. & line
drawings in text. Musée du Piano Ancien d'Ala
(Italy), l'Association Ad Libitum, Beçanson
(France) & le Musée Baron Martin de Gray (France)
French text + separate English booklet
paper £ 23.00
POLLENS S. 'The Early Pianoforte'.297p. many b/w
ill.
with details of the piano mechanism.
£ 55.00
ROSE M.& LAW D. 'A Handbook of Historical
Stringing
Practice for Keyboard Instruments 1671-1856'.
215p.
paper £ 35.00
RUSSELL R. 'The Harpsichord and Clavichord: An
Introductory Study'. 1973, second ed. revised by
Howard Schott. 208p. + 103 b/w plates., 2 fig.
of harpsichord actions. Ex-library. Clean copy
with dustjacket.
£ 55.00
SCHONBERG H. 'The Great Pianists' 448p. Information
on
321 pianists, 107 b/w ill. Out of print, library
ed. worn dustjacket, contents clean.
£ 23.00
STUTTGART 'Musikinstrumentensammlung im
Fruchtkasten'.
Württembergisches Landesmuseum. 211p., 16 colour-
& 96 b/w photos. German text.
paper £ 20.00
'THE HISTORICAL HARPSICHORD, vol 1'. A monograph
series
in honor of Frank Hubbard, ed. by H. Schott.
125p., 12p. of b/w/ ill.
£ 40.00
'THE HISTORICAL HARPSICHORD, vol 2, the metallurgy
of
17- and 18th-century music wire'. A monograph
series in honor of Frank Hubbard, by M. Goodway
& J.Scott Odell. 143p., 12p. of b/w ill. £
28.00
'THE
HISTORICAL HARPSICHORD,vol 3'. A monograph series
in honor of Frank Hubbard, ed. by H. Schott.
161p., 35p. of b/w ill.
£
42.00
THISTLETHWAITE N. 'The Making of the Victorian
Organ'.
584p., 64 b/w plates, 30 line drawings. £
60.00
TOURNAY J. 'Archives Dulcken, vol 1'. 234pp
64pp b/w-
and 6pp colour plates. French text.
paper
£ 68.00
VANCOUVER Museum 'The Look of Music: Rare Musical
Instruments 1500-1900' by Ph. Young. 240p., b/w- &
colour plates of 305 instruments incl. 29 keyboard
instruments.
paper £ 15.00
WAINWRIGHT D. 'The Piano Makers'. 1975. 192p., 92
b/w
plates. Dustjacket damaged, contents clean. £ 50.00
WEBER M.C. & J.F. 'J.K. Mercken: Premier facteur
parisien de forte-piano'. 138p. 15 b/w ill.
French text.
paper £ 16.00
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