Handbook of Instrumentation

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). Tan cloth boards with black spine lettering; white and black illustrated dj, mylar cover; xx, 533 pp; bw illustrations and music. "This book is the most comprehensive survey of instrumentation available in print. All the information needed to write idiomatically for any orchestral instrument, as well as unusual and non-orchestral instruments, is gathered here."-DJ. Contents: List of figures -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part one. Modern instruments. The woodwinds - The brasses - The voice - The percussion: general considerations - The percussion: drums - The percussion: idiophones and miscellaneous instruments - The keyboards - The strings - Electronics -- Part two. Early instruments in modern reconstructions - Introduction to early instruments - Early winds and percussion - Early keyboards and strings -- Appendix I. Proposed special clefs for very low and very high notes - Appendix II. Student and amateur ranges of common instruments - Appendix III. Foreign-language equivalents of terms used in this book - Appendix IV. Master list of musical examples - Appendix V. Manufacturer or other source of instruments figured -- Bibliography of works consulted -- Index.