Musical instruments : history, technology and performance of instruments of Western music - Campbell, Murray; Greated, Clive A., 1940-; Myers, Arnold (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006)
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.
Originally published: 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Musical instruments; Musical instruments -- History; Musical instruments -- Construction