@article{343247,
      recid = {343247},
      author = {Barron, James,},
      title = {Piano : the making of a Steinway concert grand /},
      publisher = {Times Books,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {xviii, 280 p. :},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {An exploration of the people and the legendary  craftsmanship behind a single Steinway piano. Alone among  the big piano companies, Steinway still crafts all of its  pianos largely by hand, imbuing each one with the promise  and burden of its brand. Journalist and amateur pianist  Barron of The New York Times tells the story of one  Steinway piano, from raw lumber to finished instrument. He  follows it on its eleven-month journey through the Steinway  factory, where time-honored manufacturing methods vie with  modern-day industrial efficiency. He looks over the  shoulders of men and women--some second- and  third-generation employees, some recently arrived  immigrants--who transform wood and steel into a concert  grand. Barron also explores the art and science of  developing a piano's timbre and character before its first  performance, when the essential question will be answered:  Does K0862 live up to the Steinway legend?--From publisher  description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/343247},
}