Early Keyboard BibliographyCopyright © 1998–2025 CBH † denotes highly recommended titles |
| Instrument Construction, Restoration & Conservation | |||
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Griewisch, Matthias | Giovanni Natale Boccalari 1699 — Restaurierungsbericht | Matthias Griewisch 2019 DEUTSCH |
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| Griewisch, Matthias | Filippo Fabri 1584 — Restaurierungsbericht | Matthias Griewisch 2014 DEUTSCH |
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| Griewisch, Matthias | Ælpidio Gregori 1697 — Restaurierungsbericht | Matthias Griewisch 2017 DEUTSCH |
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| Griewisch, Matthias | Andreas Ruckers 1628 — Restaurierungsbericht | Matthias Griewisch 2015 DEUTSCH |
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| Griewisch, Matthias | Georg Friedrich Schmahl 1807 — Restaurierungsbericht | Matthias Griewisch 2019 DEUTSCH |
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| 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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