In piano making, during the first quarter of the 19th century, a significant change took place. In the course of the industrial revolution, production methods transformed during the second half of 19th century from the traditional arts and crafts workshop run by a single man into a modern production unit based on the division of labour. The impact of this change can be described in terms of rationalization, standardization and mass production.  
However, the traditional manufacturing of music instruments also encompassed a specific, spatially bound working knowledge. This working knowledge was characterised by an integration in the physical body of the worker, and it was transferred informally, including individual experiences. This knowledge played an essential role for the production of high quality music instruments.
My dissertation project aims to answer the question how knowledge and skills were passed on in the craft of piano making. Work conditions changed sustaintially since the second half of 19th century. Also, due to globalization, the dissolution of space is discussed.

Formal as well as personal bounded knowledge appeared on different spaces, of knowledge. For example in individual notebooks (storage medium of knowledge), in professional journals (formus of knowledge) and in institutions of research like acoustic labaratories from piano making factories (sites of knowledge). Therefore, research needs to analyse the relations between formal as well as personal bound knowledge and space and technology.