Musical instruments : history, technology and performance of instruments of Western music /
Murray Campbell, Clive Greated, Arnold Myers.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- ix, 510 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Originally published: 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sounds and sweet airs -- Family resemblances -- Woodwind instruments with reeds -- The flute family -- Bugles and horns -- Trumpets and trombones -- Percussion instruments -- Stringed instruments played with a bow -- Plucked and hammered stringed instruments -- Clavichord and harpsichord -- The pianoforte -- The pipe organ -- Electracoustic, electromechanical, and electronic instruments -- Appendices. 1. Table of pitches and frequencies -- 2. Keywork tables for typical woodwinds -- 3. Brass instrument sizes.