Piano

This article is about the modern musical instrument. For other meanings, see piano (disambiguation).

Further reading

• The authoritative New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (available in libraries and online as a fee site), contains a wealth of information on the piano. Main article: "Pianoforte".
• The Encyclopedia Britannica (available in libraries and online as a fee site) also includes a great deal of information about the piano. In the 1988 edition, the primary article can be found in "Musical Instruments".
• The Piano Book by Larry Fine (4th ed. Jamaica Plain, MA: Brookside Press, 2001; ISBN 1-929145-01-2) gives the basics of how pianos work, and a thorough evaluative survey of current pianos and their manufacturers. It also includes advice on buying and owning pianos.
• The pianist's guide to pedaling by Joseph Banowetz (Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1985) offers a history of the three piano pedals and covers the wide variety of ways in which they are used by professional pianists.
• Piano roles : three hundred years of life with the piano by James Parakilas (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999) provides much history of the instrument.