Under the Sign of the Big Fiddle

Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Richard Sugden Williams: The Early Years (1834 - 1856)
2. Starting Out Under the Big Fiddle (1856 - 1864)
3. R.S. Williams and the Free-Reed Organ (1864 - 1870)
4. The Piano Industry (1872 - 1880)
5. One Thousand Pianos Per Year (1880 - 1887)
6. The Family Business Expands (1888 - 1899)
7. The Turn of the Century (1890 - 1906)
8. R.S. Williams Jr., as Collector (1905 - 1915)
9. A Great Gift to Toronto and Canada (1902 - 1916)
10. The Last Decades of the Firm (1914 - 1931)
11. A World of Music History (1927 - 1945)
Epilogue
Appendix A to D
Endnotes
Index
About the Author