Frontmatter
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
ABBREVIATIONS
PREFACE
Introduction. Parallel Tales
1. Aspirations and Entanglements
Vignette 1. The Letter
Introduction
2. The Psychology of Waiting
3. Malleability of Tone
4. The Lure of una corda
Vignette 2. Two Visitors in Paris
Introduction
5. The Perfect Instrument
6. An Unlikely Competitor
7. Continuous Sound
Vignette 3. A Gift Not a Given
Introduction
8. The Vertical/Horizontal Paradox
9. A Grand Sonata
10. A Prize- Winning Teacher
Vignette 4. Building a Replica
Introduction
11. Revisiting the Revisions
12. Mixing Sound
Epilogue. Time and Resonance
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
APPENDIX A. Beethoven's Erard: A Timeline
APPENDIX B. Op. 53, 54, and 57: A Timeline
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX