Article ID: CBB001320390

Craftsmen-Turned-Scientists? The Circulation of Explicit and Working Knowledge in Musical-Instrument Making, 1880--1960 (2013)

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During the nineteenth century a major change took place in musical-instrument making. In the course of industrialization many crafts transformed into industries, and production methods changed significantly. Prompted by this development, many trained piano makers, like Siegfried Hansing, published educational books, in hopes of establishing a fixed canon of explicit knowledge. This canon, elucidating physics and acoustics to an audience of craftsmen (and, to a lesser extent, lay theoreticians), was intended to replace the craftsmen's working knowledge. Despite efforts to bring explicit knowledge to industrialized musical-instrument making, the working knowledge of the craftsmen remained irreplaceable.

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Authors & Contributors
Pantalony, David Alexander
Petersen, Sonja
Jackson, Myles W.
Wittje, Roland
Wilson, Robin J.
Rieger, Matthias
Concepts
Music
Acoustics
Musical instruments
Physics
Science and music
Crafts and craftspeople
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Early modern
Renaissance
18th century
Places
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Prussia (Germany)
Norway
France
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