Vintage Hanft Piano Studio Handwritten Music Manuscript Notebook

Jacksonville, Florida • Late 1930s Swing Era

An exceptional original handwritten music manuscript notebook from Hanft Piano Studio of Jacksonville, Florida, whose label advertises:

“Modern Radio Styles Taught”

123½ Main Street

Jacksonville, Florida

Unlike ordinary sheet music, this is a working studio manuscript used for piano instruction during the late 1930s.

The notebook contains numerous handwritten lead sheets, chord studies, music theory notes, and popular song arrangements of the era. Many of the songs represented were contemporary radio hits, making the notebook a fascinating snapshot of how popular music was taught during the Swing Era.

Includes handwritten arrangements and study material such as:

* Cry Baby Cry

* Don’t Be That Way

* Tu-Li-Tulip Time

* Chord construction exercises

* Harmony studies

* Major, minor, augmented and diminished chord instruction

* Additional handwritten popular song arrangements and musical exercises

The notebook demonstrates practical instruction in melody, harmony, accompaniment, and chord symbols rather than traditional classical piano study.

A wonderful piece of American musical history that would appeal to:

* Music historians

* Piano teachers

* Jazz & Swing collectors

* Vintage ephemera collectors

* Jacksonville historians

* Archivists

* Music manuscript collectors

Condition

Vintage condition with expected age toning, edge wear, light staining, and use consistent with an instructional notebook. The pages remain filled with original handwritten musical notation and lyrics.

Please examine all photographs carefully as they are considered part of the description.

A scarce surviving example of a regional American piano studio manuscript from the Swing Era.