The Musical Trade, 1850-1940: 1. Instrument Makers; 2. Leading Music Houses; 3. Music Publishers; 4. Musical Journals; 5. List of Rare Instruments (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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But by the turn of the century the output of instruments of heme manufactd?fwas in definite decline. A severe depression in the iarly nineties inafiégated the slump. The lowering of freight rates by the trans-continental railroad added to this, and with the even cheaper transportation that came in 1915 with the Opening of the Panama Canal, San Erancisco's fate as a mecca for instrument makers, was sealed. Though a handful of craftsmen continued to turn out.

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