CHICAGO
BROWNE & HOWELL COMPANY
1913


COPYRIGHT, 1913
BY BROWNE & HOWELL COMPANY


PUBLISHED, OCTOBER, 1913

THE·PLIMPTON·PRESS
NORWOOD·MASS·U·S·A

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Upright Harpsichord[Frontispiece]
Clavicytherium or Upright SpinetFacing page [12]
Clavichord[12]
Spinet[16]
Queen Elizabeth's Virginal[16]
Double Spinet or Virginal made by Ludovicus Grovvelus[20]
Clavichord made by John Christopher Jesse[24]
Dulcimer[28]
Christofori Piano[32]
Piano made by Matthäus Andreas Stein[40]
Piano made by Benjamin Crehore[48]
Piano made by Charles Albrecht[50]
Piano, Primitive German Action[52]
A Stodart Piano[56]