Abstract
Introduction 1. The Early Piano I 2. The Early Piano II 3. Johannes Zumpe and the English Square Piano 4. After Zumpe: Small Pianos in Europe and America 1770-1795 5. Interlude: Buying a Pianoforte 6. Beyond Zumpe: The English Square Piano 1782-1805 7. Americus Backers, Inventor of the English Grand Piano 8. The English Grand, 1778-1805 9. Pianoforte or Pantalon? The Origins of German Tafelklaviere 10. Johann Andreas Stein and the German Grand Piano 11. Keyboard Instruments in Germany and Austria 1770-1790: An Overview 12. 'Mozart's Own Fortepiano' 13. In Vienna 14. Harpsichord, Pianoforte, and Combination Instruments 15. The Upright Pianoforte: the Genesis of Upright Forms 16. Into the Nineteenth Century 17. Construction of the Early Piano 18. At the Keyboard. Touch and Tone in the Early Piano 19. Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries 20. Envoi Appendices I: Selected Passages from Early Sources II: A Proposal for the Systematic Classification of Piano Actions III: Americus Backers: the Inventory of his House and Workshop in 1778 Glossary Bibliography Index
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