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Some thought that the instrument may have been re-introduced into China together with other instruments such as huqin by the Mongols during the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), [1] [3] however, an image of a sanxian-like instrument was found in a stone sculpture dating from the Southern Song period (1217–79).
Typically, Ebony trees no younger than 100 years old are used in sanshin construction - the time necessary for the tree to grow a big enough black core to produce one or more instrument necks. Instruments made with Okinawan Ebony are among the most expensive sanshin made and sold today. Even Ebony instruments that forego authentic snakeskin for ...
Chinese Musical Instruments (Chinese Music Monograph Series). 1999. Chinese Music Society of North America Press. ISBN 1-880464-03-9; Shen, Sinyan. Chinese Music in the 20th Century (Chinese Music Monograph Series). 2001. Chinese Music Society of North America Press. ISBN 1-880464-04-7; Yuan, Bingchang, and Jizeng Mao (1986).
The Chinese Historical Society of America (simplified Chinese: 美国华人 历史 学会; traditional Chinese: 美國華人歷史學會; pinyin: Měiguó Huárén Lìshǐ Xuéhuì; Jyutping: Mei 5 gwok 3 Waa 4 jan 4 Lik 6 si 2 Hok 6 wui 6; abbreviated CHSA) is the oldest and largest archive and history center documenting the Chinese American experience in the United States.
The Frederick Selch Award, named for an important collector of American musical instruments who was a founding member and second president of AMIS, was established in 2004 to honor the best student paper presented at an annual meeting of AMIS. The prize, which includes a sum of $250, is awarded at the discretion of a committee appointed by the ...
The company has nearly 4,000 employees [1] and is one of China's largest piano manufacturers. They make the "Heritage" Collection for the Hallet Davis and Company, Boston (H&D) piano line. The Heritage Collection is the entry-level line for H&D, with the smallest upright pianos, and smallest grand pianos (4'7") for the H&D family.
This category is for corporations notable for instrument-making as it applies to industrial and/or military applications. Their R&D work may involve basic science, inventing, and the building of one-off or prototype products, but their categorization is focused on their raison d'etre and overall character, which is applied science, manufacturing, and teams of people acting as an organization ...
Sohmer & Co. was a piano manufacturing company founded in New York City in 1872. Sohmer & Co. marketed the first modern baby grand piano , and also manufactured pianos with aliquot stringing and bridge agraffes , as well as Cecilian "all-inside" player pianos and Welte-Mignon -Licensee reproducing pianos .