Musical Instruments Books

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What Do You Hear?

Kate Sullivan
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A young person’s tour of a symphony orchestra, this book introduces ten quirky animal musicians rehearsing…
Size: 6″ x 6″ | 32 color illustrations | 24 pp
ISBN13: 9780764356018 | Binding: board book 2 rounded corners

$12.99
The Bass Space: Profiles of Classic Electric Basses

Willie G. Moseley, Foreword by Tim Bogert
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The long-awaited, definitive book for lovers of the low-end. Willie G. Moseley, Senior Writer for Vintage Guitar…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 250 color and b/w photos | 240 pp
ISBN13: 9780764355226 | Binding: hard cover

$39.99
Harmony: The People’s Guitar, 1945–1975

Ron Rothman
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The American made instruments from The Harmony Guitar Company receive long overdue recognition and credit in this…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 340 color and b/w photos | 176 pp
ISBN13: 9780764355202 | Binding: hard cover

$34.99
Antique Brass Wind Instruments: Identification and Value Guide

Peter H. Adams
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Collecting antique brass musical instruments involves a fascinating and wide range of subjects, including music…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 120 original line drawings | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764300271 | Binding: soft cover

$29.95
Antique Woodwind Instruments: An Identification and Price Guide

Peter H. Adams
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This far-reaching and absorbing book is designed to help identify and value woodwind instruments made in Europe…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | over 275 b/w illustrations | 176 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764322242 | Binding: soft cover

$29.95
Automatic Organs: A Guide to the Mechanical Organ, Orchestrion, Barrel Organ, Fairground, Dancehall & Street Organ, Musical Clock, and Organette

Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume
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The worldwide interest in automatic organs is larger now than ever before. From delicate and musically sublime…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 79 color and 538 B/W photos | 480 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764325687 | Binding: hard cover

$125.00
Automatic Pianos: A Collector’s Guide to the Pianola, Barrel Piano, & Aeolian Orchestrelle

Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume
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The era of the self-playing or automatic piano embraced the first three decades of the 20th century. Piano-playing…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 43 color and 603 b/w photos | 480 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764320248 | Binding: hard cover

$89.95
Ball’s Manual of Gretsch Guitars: 1950s

Edward Ball
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The ultimate go-to book for information about vintage Gretsch guitars of the 1950s, illustrated with over 120…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 121 | 136 pp
ISBN13: 9780764346439 | Binding: hard cover

$39.99
Electric Guitars

Robert Goudy
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With over 450 color photographs, this book presents a brilliant review of electric guitars from their early years…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | over 450 color photos | 176 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764309649 | Binding: hard cover

$39.95
Four Centuries of Musical Instruments: The Marlowe A. Sigal Collection

Albert R. Rice Photography by Marlowe A. Sigal.
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Captured in this volume in over 700 striking color photos are many historically significant musical instruments…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 756 color photos | 288 pp
ISBN13: 9780764347122 | Binding: hard cover

$69.99
Gretsch 6120: The History of a Legendary Guitar

Edward Ball
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The iconic American guitar is the Gretsch model 6120, that Chet Atkins has endorsed and George Harrison, Pete…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 334 color photos | 192 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764334849 | Binding: hard cover

$39.99
Musical Instruments of the Southern Appalachian Mountains

John Rice Irwin
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The roots of Bluegrass music developed for hundreds of years with dulcimers, fiddles, banjos, jew harps, and mouth…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 132 illus. | 108 pp
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ISBN13: 9780916838805 | Binding: soft cover

$14.99
The Musical Box: A Guide for Collectors

Dr. Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume
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Musical boxes have been made by master artisans since the 1700s, playing classical music, hymns, operatic arias…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 600 illustrations | 336 pp
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ISBN13: 9780887407642 | Binding: hard cover

$79.95
The Ultimate: An Illustrated History of Hamer Guitars

Steve Matthes and Joe Moffett. Foreword by Rick Nielsen, Introduction by Paul Hamer, and Afterword by Jol Dantzig
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Hamer Guitars is often regarded as the first boutique guitar builder. From its humble beginnings in founder Paul…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 324 color & 66 b/w images | 176 pp
ISBN13: 9780764343520 | Binding: hard cover

$39.99
Vintage Electric Guitars: In Praise of Fretted Americana

William G. Moseley, Jr.Photography by Bill Ingalls, Jr.; Foreword by Jeff Carlisi
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An extravaganza for electric guitar lovers! This book features hundreds of American-made guitars and basses from…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 289 color photos | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764313615 | Binding: soft cover

$29.95