Preface                                                                                           4

Chapter 1          A brief history of the musical instrument

Industry in the United States of America                                      8

Chapter 2          How to identify an instrument                          12

Chapter 3          Pricing instruments                                            17

Examples of rare and unusual instruments                                   21

Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory catalogs                      36

Distin-related catalogs                                                                 50

Fiske catalogs                                                                               63

Foote catalog                                                                               68

D.C. Hall catalog                                                                         78

Lyon & Healy catalog                                                                  86

Martin Brothers catalog                                                             108

Pepper catalog                                                                           125

Slater catalog                                                                             130

Stratton catalog                                                                          135

Appendix A Addresses of museums and other resources         143

Appendix B A selective list of makers                                      146

Appendix C A subjective price list for instruments                   150

Glossary                                                                                     167

Bibliography                                                                              173

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