Title: Piano forte
Description: "Piano forte ... draws on memoirs, diaries, letters, concert programmes, company records, fiction and visual images.  The stories end in 1930  when the increasing popularity of the phonograph, the radio and the introduction of the talkie movies were beginning to have a profound impact on people's leisure activities"-- Back cover.
Subjects: Piano, History, Music, Social life and customs, Piano, history, Music, social aspects, New zealand, social life and customs
Places: New Zealand
Time periods: 19th century, 20th century