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Hi Inmates,I am looking for a book about musical instruments. I would like to use these books as wedding presents.
Price range would be $50.00 to $150.00
Is there something out there that is large format - coffee table style?
Still in print woudl be best.
I have looked in amazon.com, but want to tap the collective knowledge of my fellow inmates too.
Kind regards,
Ray
Follow Ups:
Hi Ray,I think this is probably slightly left-field to what you were thinking but there is a book called something like "The Piano Shop on the Left Bank" (of Paris) which is a fascinating tale of an American expat's acquistion of a piano. It goes into detail on the different makes of pianos which were in this shop and what makes them sound different.
Regards,
Andy
but not a coffee table format, alas.
Still a highly recommended read.
Stu
There are several nice books on guitars, if they are into guitars.On Gibson Guitars.
"Gibson's Fabulous Flattops"
"Gibson Guitars - 100 years"On Guilds
"The Guild Guitar Book" by Hans Moust"
Nice slip-cased general survey limited edition book, out of print but still available:
"The Chinery Collection"
They may be under your price range, but they are all nice books.
Hey, get all four and give them as a "market basket" gift :)
I know the Victoria and Albert Museum in London has a fabulous collection. Google turned up this:
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...quite high-quality and sophisticated in execution.It's called "Enclosure 3." Here's a blurb about it (from Amazon):
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
A multimedia experience of Partch in book form., August 11, 1998
Reviewer: "humanophone" (St. Paul, MN) - See all my reviews
Philip Blackburn, in taking up the work of the original editor Kenneth Gaburo, describes this as "a scrapbook of a scrapbook" -- it's literally hundreds of pages of collages of Partch's writings, drawings, and musical scores, along with photographs of him and his instruments. Looking into the book is like entering a private dream. Even little scraps of paper with Partch's thoughts have been preserved here (including a little hymn of praise to the Library of Congress, reproduced on the copyright page). There is no effort made to interpret these or link them together ("helpfully") for the reader, so the effect is similar to having opened a trunk of memorabilia: one can construct one's own narrative, draw one's own conclusions. The endnotes are helpful for identifying figures in photographs and other materials. Blackburn's work on the book has been so meticulous that two fonts (one imitating Partch's handwriting, and one based on carbon copies of his 19! 54 typewriter) were designed to maintain the look of the originals even when material needed to be excerpted and retypeset. While the whole book is beautiful and engaging, my favorite parts are the reproductions of Harry's illustrated hobo diaries "Bitter Music" and "End Littoral." It's also the best collection of photos of the amazing Partch instruments I've found. Should be of interest not only to those with a love of experimental musics but also to those who maintain an interest in innovative genius of any kind.
Go here if interested:http://www.windworld.com/products/catalog.htm#books&CDs
This is the most fantastically interesting website I've seen in a long time. I saw this (or another similar site) years ago when it was still under development. This is terrific!
...I strongly recommend the Gravikords CD. I've worked with Bart Hopkin while filming a documentary (shot but not edited so far) about many of these inventors. Filmed a gathering of a bunch of them at Bart's house.
I have the CD box and I'd love to see the film if it is ever released.
...it's a matter of funding. Was just turned down by the Nat. Endowment for the Arts for editing funds. The footage has been on the shelf for a while and I don't know when it will get done. At some point I'll probably do it on my own time but too busy these days.
published by Dorling Kindersley in 1993 includes a major chapter titled "An Anatomy of Instruments" with photos and descriptions.The weakness for your intended purpose is that it only covers instruments typically used in jazz. The benefit is the broad coverage of jazz - history, major artists, techniques, and listings of classic recordings with photos of the album covers. This only works if the happy couple has an interest in jazz or might be curious about it. I've had my copy for years and it was marked $30 so that may disqualify it as well.
I'm sure I've seen a flash (colorful coffee table style) book devoted to instruments at Barnes & Noble or Borders too. Have you checked their websites with a search for Instruments?
Good luck. Sounds like it would be a nice gift.
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