“Thisexcellentbookoughttobeineverylibrary.“--MusicalTimesWidelyacclaimedforitsscholarship,comprehensiveness,andoriginality,thissuperiorstudybyaleadingauthorityisconsideredthedefinitiveworkonwoodwindinstruments.AuthorAnthonyBaines--musicologist,conductor,instrumentalist,andcuratoroftheBateCollectionofHistoricalWindInstrumentsatOxfordUniversity--combinesadiscussionofdesignandconstructionwithadetailedhistoryoftheevolutionofwoodwindsfromearliesttimestothepresent.PartOneintroducesthewoodwinds,describingtheirbasiccomponents,construction,variations,andidiosyncrasiesaswellasplayingtechnique,mattersofacousticsandpitch,andtypesofreeds.PartTwotracesavarietyoftechnicalchanges,particularlyintermsofrecentprocessesofmechanization.Thisprofuselyillustratedsurveyfeatures75photographsanddrawings,25musicalexamples,and16fingeringcharts.
INSTRUMENTS CONSTRUCTION HISTORY
