The New Langwill Index: A Dictionary of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers and Inventors.

Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Edition; First edition. Physical description; xxxvii, 518 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Revised edition of: Index of musical wind-instrument makers / Lyndesay G. Langwill. 6th ed., 1980. Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-518) and indexes. Previous ed. [i.e. 6th]: published as An index of musical wind-instrument makers / by Lyndesay G. Langwill. - Edinburgh : L.G. Langwill, 1980. Summary; This book is an entirely new work rather than a revision of Lyndsay Langwill's sixth edition. It is the standard work in its field, the most comprehensive work on wind instrument makers in any language and a major reference tool for collectors and researchers. Some features of the New Langwill Index are: Entries for nearly 6500 makers and inventors, active from the beginning until the middle of the 20th century; Nearly 400 representations of maker's marks; An index of makers under workplace, listing over 1000 localities; A comprehensive bibliography of over 600 titles. Subjects; Wind instrument makers - Dictionaries. Wind instrument makers - Biography. Dictionaries. Inventors. Manufacturing. Wind instruments - Making - History. Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Dictionary. Illustrated. Index.