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References
- ↑ Christoph Hammer on the website of the University of Northern Texas (englisch)
- ↑ Christoph Hammer on the website of the Neue Hofkapelle München
- ↑ Unheard-of dimensions of music elicited – Prof. Hammer and Sylvia Ackermann at the second presentation concert of the tangent piano in the Seidel-Saal, Sulzbach-Rosenberger Zeitung dated 7 September 2012
- ↑ Historisches Tangentenklavier entdeckt – 200 Jahre altes Klavier erklingt erstmals in der Öffentlichkeit Klassik.com dated 24 August 2012
- ↑ Christoph Hammer on Operabase
