
Suitable for performers, instrument makers, students, historians, and amateurs alike, each book is an invaluable guide to all facets of an instrument--history, construction, playing technique, and manufacturers--written by leading authorities. All material has been expanded and...

The New Grove Musical Instruments Series, a companion to the much acclaimed New Grove Composer Biography Series, presents in book form many of the lengthy and informative articles published in The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments.