Andrew Stiller (CD-ROM/book)
Handbook of Instrumentation CD-ROM

CD-ROM version of Handbook of Instrumentation by Andrew Stiller

npc Imaging - November 2000. ISBN 0-9706231-0-0

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The CD-ROM version of the "Handbook of Instrumentation" contains 550 pages of information covering well over 200 musical instruments stored in PDF form with a fully-hyperlinked Table of Contents, List of Figures and comprehensive Index.

Features include:

  • Dynamic and pitch ranges for each instrument
  • Complete treatment of non-traditional and avant-garde playing techniques for all instruments
  • Complete fingering charts, including trill charts, for all woodwinds, and tables of maximum interval stretches for all pairs of fingers on strings and keyboards.
  • A detailed discussion of the human voice from the composer’s viewpoint
  • Coverage of Medieval and Renaissance instruments in their modern reconstructions
  • Fully illustrated with line drawings
  • Extensive Bibliography
  • Compatible with PC and Mac (and any platform that can display PDF files).
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    • Handbook of Instrumentation Book version of Handbook of Instrumentation by Andrew Stiller

    Paperback - 533 pages, 2nd Edition. Kallisti Music Press - 1994. ISBN 0-9645431-0-9.

    The ultimate guide to musical instruments, covering woodwinds, brass, the voice, percussion, keyboards, strings, electronics, early winds & percussion and early keyboards & strings. 5-star average customer rating on Amazon.com!

    From the Preface...

    Handbook of Instrumentation is a guide to the potentials and limitations of every instrument currently in use for the performance of classical and popular music in North America...
    ...I have endeavored to be as comprehensive as possible and to anticipate every question, naïve or sophisticated, that could conceivably arise from any quarter.

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