The Pianoforte, its origin, progress, and construction (1860) (Rimbault, Edward Francis)
Part I: The History of the Pianoforte
Some of the Stringed Instruments of the Ancients
The Medieval Instruments that preceded the Invention of the Key-board
The First Invention of the Pianoforte Class
The Virginal
The Spinet
The Harpsichord
The Claimants to the Invention of the Pianoforte
The Progress of the Pianoforte on the Continent
The Introduction and Progress of the Pianoforte in England
The Progress of the Pianoforte in the Nineteenth Century
Part II: The Construction of the Pianoforte
The Framing
The Stringing
The Action
Various Mechanical Contrivances applied to the Pianoforte in order to obtain sustained Sounds
Melographic, Mechanical, and Transposing Pianos
Statistics of Pianofortes and Pianoforte Manufacturing as an Article of Trade; Materials used in the Construction of Pianofortes; &c.
Part III: The Early Composers for Instruments of the Pianoforte Class
A Collection of Specimens Illustrating the Progress of Music for Keyed-Stringed Instruments (24 Pieces by various composers)
Gloria Tibi Trinitas - arr. Blitheman
Sellenger's Round - arr. William Byrd
The King's Huntig Jigg - John Bull
Les Buffons - John Bull
Courante Jewel - John Bull
Capriccio del soggetto sopra l'aria di Roggiero - Girolamo Frescobaldi
Suite de Pieces, D minor - H. du Mont
Suite de Pieces, A minor - Chambonnières
Suite de Pieces, E minor - Jean Baptiste Lully
Prelude and Airs, C major - Henry Purcell
Variationes super cantilenam - F. X. A. Murschhauser
Sonata, B♭ major - Johann Kuhnau
Suite de Pieces, E minor - Johann Mattheson
Sonata, A minor - Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata, G major - Domenico Scarlatti
Suite de Pieces, D minor - François Couperin
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratre dilettissimo - J. S. Bach, BWV 992
Capriccio, G major - Handel
Fantaisie, G major - Gottlieb Muffat
Air, G major - Gottlieb Muffat
Allemand, C major - Gottlieb Muffat
Introduction and Toccata, G minor - I. J. de Mondonville
Rondo, E♭ major - C. P. E. Bach, Wq.61/1, H.288
Fantasia, C major - C. P. E. Bach, Wq.61/6, H.291
Appendices
Hints to those who have the Care of Pianofortes
On Tuning
How to regulate Defects in the Mechanism of the Pianoforte
A Glossary of the principal Terms used in the Manufacture of the Pianoforte
Additional Notes and Illustrations