Early Keyboard Bibliography

† denotes highly recommended titles

Instrument Construction, Restoration & Conservation
AUTHOR	TITLE	PUBLICATION DETAILS	ISBN
-	La Facture Instrumentale Européenne: Suprématies Nationales et Enrichissement Mutuel	Musée Instrumental du Conservatoire 1985 FRANÇAIS	2 903128030
-	Standards in the Museum Care of Musical Instruments 1995	Museums & Galleries Commission 1995	0 948630 33 7
Abondance, Florence	Restauration des Instruments de Musique	Office du Livre, Fribourg 1981 FRANÇAIS	-
van Acht, Rob	Checklist of technical drawings of musical instruments in public collections of the world	Moeck Verlag & Haags Gemeentemuseum 1992	3 87549 054 1
Barnes, John	Making a Spinet by Traditional Methods	Mac & Me Ltd 1985	0 9507782 4 9
Berner, A; van der Meer, J H; Thibault, G	Preservation and Restoration of Musical Instruments	Evelyn, Adams & Mackay 1967	-
Brauchli, Bernard & Susan; Galazzo, Alberto [eds]	De Clavicordio	Insituto per i beni musicali in Piemonte 1994	-
Brauchli, Bernard & Susan; Galazzo, Alberto [eds]	De Clavicordio II	Musica Antica a Magano 1995	-
Brauchli, Bernard & Susan; Galazzo, Alberto [eds]	De Clavicordio III	Musica Antica a Magano 1997	88 900269 0 1
Brauchli, Bernard; Galazzo, Alberto; Moody, Ivan [eds]	De Clavicordio V	Musica Antica a Magano 2002	88 900269 2 8
Brauchli, Bernard; Galazzo, Alberto; Moody, Ivan [eds]	De Clavicordio VI	Musica Antica a Magano 2004	88 900269 3 6
Brauchli, Bernard; Galazzo, Alberto; Wardman, Judith [eds]	De Clavicordio VII	Musica Antica a Magano 2006	88 900269 4 4
Brauchli, Bernard; Galazzo, Alberto; Wardman, Judith [eds]	De Clavicordio VIII	Musica Antica a Magano 2008	978 88 900269 5 9
Brauchli, Bernard; Galazzo, Alberto; Wardman, Judith [eds]	De Clavicordio IX	Musica Antica a Magano 2009	978 88 900269 6 6
Brauchli, Bernard; Galazzo, Alberto; Wardman, Judith [eds]	De Clavicordio X	Musica Antica a Magano 2012	978 88 907624 1 3
Brauchli, Bernard; Galazzo, Alberto; Wardman, Judith [eds]	De Clavicordio XI	Musica Antica a Magano 2014	978 88 907624 2 0
Cervelli, Luisa & van der Meer, John Henry	Conservato a Roma il più antico clavicembalo tedesco	Edizioni Palatino 1967 ITALIANO	-
Costa, Susanne	Glossary of Harpsichord Terms — Glossar über Cembalo-Fachausdrücke	Verlag Das Musikinstrument 1980 ENGLISH & DEUTSCH	3 920112 77 6
Doderer, Gerhard & Karman, Geert	O Restauro de um Cravo Português \| Another Portuguese Harpsichord Restored	Gerhard Doderer, Geert Karman 2021 PORTUGUÊS & ENGLISH	978 989 33 2228 4
Fontana, Eszter; Hellwig, Friedman; Martius, Klaus	Historische Lacke und Beizen auf Musikinstrumenten in deutschsprachigen Quellen bis 1900	Germananisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg 1999 DEUTSCH	3 926982 60 8
Ford, Charles [ed]	Making Musical Instruments — Strings & Keyboard	Pantheon Books NY 1979	0 394 73561 7
Hellwig, Friedemann	Atlas der Profile an Tasteninstrumenten vom 16. bis zum frühen 19. Jahrhundert	Verlag E Bochinsky 1985 DEUTSCH	3 923639 65 1
Hubbard, Frank	† Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making	Harvard University Press 1978	0 674 88845 6
Karp, Cary	Studies in the Documentation and Technology of Musical Instruments	Reprocentralen HSC Uppsala universitet 1984	-
Kern, Evan J	Harpsichord Design & Construction	Van Nostrand Reinhold 1980	0 442 23348 5
Krämer, Gerhard	Cembalo und Spinett — selbst gebaut	Verlag Merseburger Berlin 1979 DEUTSCH	3 87537 158 5
Louchet, Jean	The Keyboard Stringing Guide for the restoration of pianos, harpsichords and clavichords	Lulu 2009	-
McDonald, James Donald	Construction of Musical Instruments from Australian Timbers	unpublished thesis for MCA Wollongong University 1988	-
Martin, Darryl	The Art of Making a Harpsichord	Robert Hale 2012	978 0709 085706
Mercier-Ythier, Claude	Les Clavecins	Gilbert-Clarey Imprimeurs 2011 FRANÇAIS	978 2 87788 007 7
Montal, Claude; Sturm, Fred [tr]	The Art of Tuning — A Self-Guided Manual for Piano Tuning, Design, Action Regulation, and Repair from mid–19th-Century France	Piano Technicians Guild Foundation 2015	978 0 9861851 0 6
Nagel, Konrad	Klavizitherium — selbst gebaut	Verlag Merseburger Berlin 1987 DEUTSCH	3 87537 229 8
Pollens, Stewart	The Manual of Musical Instrument Conservation	Cambridge University Press 2015	978 1 107 07780 5
Rose, Malcolm & Law, David	A Handbook of Historical Stringing Practice for Keyboard Instruments	Rose & Law 1991	0 9518590 0 5
Schulze, Richard	How to Build a Baroque Concert Harpsichord, with Historical Notes	Pageant Press NY 1954	-
Schwarz, Vera [ed]	Der klangliche Aspekt beim Restaurieren von Saitenklavieren	Akademische Druck - u. Verlagsanstalt 1971 DEUTSCH & ENGLISH	3 201 00843 5
Shortridge, John D	Italian Harpsichord Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries	Smithsonian Institution 1960	-
Skowroneck, Martin	Cembalobau — Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse aus der Werkstattpraxis • Harpsichord Construction — A craftsman’s workshop experience and insight	Verlag Erwin Bochinsky 2003 DEUTSCH & ENGLISH	3 932275 58 6
Tournay, Jean	Archives Dulcken vol I	Musée Instrumental Bruxelles	3 7952 0546 8
Tullberg, Helen [trans]	The Manufacture of Musical Instruments	Picton Publishing 1975	0 902633414
Wagner, Georg	Cembalo- und Clavichordbau Bibliographie 1830–1985 • Harpsichord and clavichord construction Bibliography 1830–1985	Frits Knuf 1989 DEUTSCH & ENGLISH	90 6027 557 8
Watson, John R	Artifacts in Use — The Paradox of Restoration and the Conservation of Organs	OHS Press 2010	978 1 466 35970 3
White, Williams B	Theory and Practice of Piano Construction	Dover 1975	0 486 23139 9

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