Altered sensations
Subtitle: Rudolph Koenig's acoustical workshop in nineteenth-century Paris
By: David Pantalony
Contributors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: Archimedes -- v. 24
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9789048128167; 9789048128150
Subjects: Instrument manufacture; Music; Acoustics and physics; Scientific apparatus and instruments; Musical instrument makers; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-363) and index.
Table of contents: title: Training; title: Hermann von Helmholtz and the Sensations of tone; title: Transformations in the workshop; title: The market and its influences; title: Constructing a reputation, 1866-1879; title: Expanding the North American market, 1871-1882; title: The Faraday of sound; title: Conclusion : beyond Sensations; title: Appendix A. Key dates in Rudolph Koenig's life; title: Catalogue raisonné of Koenig instruments.