Add this copy of 88 Keys: the Making of a Steinway Piano to cart. $9.27, good condition, Sold by 3brothers Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Absecon, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Random House.
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Cover may have light wear pages in very good condition and binding is sturdy; may have other light shelf wear or creases. May have notes or highlighting.
Add this copy of 88 Keys: the Making of a Steinway Piano to cart. $10.84, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Clarkson Potter.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Add this copy of 88 Keys: the Making of a Steinway Piano to cart. $15.71, very good condition, Sold by agoodealofbooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from ypsilanti, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Random House.
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Very good. Very clean hardcover with jacket. no marks. clean text. solid binding. very light wear. ISBN matches listing FAST SHIPPING W/ CONFIRMATION. NO PRIORITY OR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS OVER 4LBs.
Add this copy of 88 Keys: the Making of a Steinway Piano to cart. $17.00, like new condition, Sold by Abacus Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsford, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Clarkson Potter.
Add this copy of 88 Keys: the Making of a Steinway Piano to cart. $17.82, very good condition, Sold by First Landing Books & Art, Inc rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Virginia Beach, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Random House.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. 143pp including glossary and notes. From the selection and preparation of the raw materials to the fine-tuning and finishing of the final product, 88 Keys follows the creation of a piano in the Steinway and Sons factory in Long Island City, New York-a process that has changed little in the one hundred years that Steinway, the world's premier piano manufacturer, has been in business. An introduction relates the history of the piano and traces the history of the Steinway itself. The story then follows step by step the creation of the concert grand piano from 12, 000 individual parts. The exquisitely detailed and beautifully-rendered drawings set the tone for the dignity and care with which the ultimate grand piano-the only one in the world still made by hand-is crafted. Hardcover.
Add this copy of 88 Keys to cart. $23.99, very good condition, Sold by Russell Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victoria, BC, CANADA, published 1998 by Clarkson Potter.
Add this copy of 88 Keys to cart. $23.99, good condition, Sold by Russell Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victoria, BC, CANADA, published 1998 by Clarkson Potter.
Add this copy of 88 Keys: the Making of a Steinway Piano to cart. $24.50, like new condition, Sold by Old Book Shop of Bordentown rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bordentown, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Clarkson A Potter.
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Fine in fine jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Oversized hardcover. Illustrated endpapers. 143 pp. with glossary index. Illustrated throughout with color and line drawings by Rodica Prato. Beloved by concert performers and amateur enthusiasts alike, the Steinway piano is the most complicated piece of musical machinery made by hand in the world today. Steinways are still being manufactures, after a century and a half, in the same Long Island City, New York factory that has always been its home. The author of the text is the great-great-grandson of the founder Henry Englehard Steinway and takes the reader on a journey from the selection and aging of the wood to the delicate voicing of the finished instrument. Find here, portrayed by Prado's lovely artwork, the strong men who bend grand piano rims to their trademark curve, the "belly men" who fit the harp to the wooden frame, the carvers who shape the piano's legs and pedal lyre, and the many other craftsmen who have perfected their specialized contributions of the finished product.
Add this copy of 88 Keys: the Making of a Steinway Piano to cart. $26.00, very good condition, Sold by Bungalow Books, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pueblo, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Clarkson N. Potter.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0517703564. A remainder dot to the top of the page edges. The dust jacket has slight rubbing along the top front edge. Illustrated by Prato; includes a glossary/index.; Remainder; 143 pages.
I've wanted this book ever since I read a review of it when it was first published. Finally, alibris gave me an inexpensive way to own it. I've found it is everything I'd wanted.
This is a loving and informative view of the building of a piano. The author is a family member and loves his family, his uncles, and the pianos his ancestor designed and his family produced.
The book goes into depths such as the wood properties and reason each wood is selected each part. Deep it may be, but the author never forgets the aesthetics. The illustrations are clear and beautiful at the same time.
