ISBN:
0764322249
Complete Book Title:Antique Woodwind Instruments: An Identification and Price GuideAuthor:Peter H. AdamsBinding Type:Soft CoverCopyright Date:2005Number of Pages:176Size:8.5 x 11 in.Book Subject:Music CollectiblesInternational Customers:This item WILL fit in a Global Priority unpadded flat envelope.Domestic Customers:This item ships BOXED.We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. Table of Contents This far-reaching and absorbing book is designed to help identify and value woodwind instruments made in Europe and the United States during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Drawing upon the author's many years of research in the field, the book includes a brief history of European woodwind instruments made during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; biographies of important makers; a glossary of terms that will be a welcome help for the novice; a list of key systems; resources for obtaining further information from books, museums, societies, and online; and most importantly, information and nearly 300 images taken from over 20 trade catalogs printed between 1880 and 1930 in Europe and the United States. Featured among these is a complete translation of William Heckel's rare, circa 1930 catalog. This comprehensive volume is an outstanding resource for beginning and advanced collectors of musical instruments as well as for museum curators.Payment Methods AvailableCheck, Money Order, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, PayPal.Shipping and Handling Cost: $3.34About UsCollector Bookstore the internet's leading retailer of reference books for the collecting community. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. Our books are ON HAND, ready to ship. We are a direct-from-the publisher retailer; we also welcome author published specialty titles. Shipping PolicyWe ship worldwide! Methods available include US Postal Service Media Rate, Priority, Airmail & Express. We also ship via Federal Express. All shipments are packed professionally and tracked electronically. Most orders ship within 24 hours of payment. Please use the shipping calculator for rate quotes!Return PolicySatisfaction guaranteed! Returns accepted, minus a 10% restocking fee to cover our advertising expense on said item. Shipping is NON-REFUNDABLE. (Main street retailers don't reimburse gas or drive time; it is unreasonable to expect this of online retailers, in our opinion.)
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