Wesley Kuhnle: An American Keyboard Maker and Performer in Perspective

FAIN: FT-12572-75

Clare G. Rayner
California State University, Long Beach Foundation (Long Beach, CA 90840-0004)

To assemble, catalogue and study the work of Wesley Kuhnle (1889-1962), a neglected keyboard maker and performer, and to place his work in historical perspective. His research was concentrated in the area of historic keyboard performance, including authentic tunings and temperaments. This project is aimed at making available about 30 hours of taped lecture-demonstrations, prepared by him, which have been preserved but up until now still inaccessible.