A. J. Hipkins epub A Description and History of the Pianoforte and of the Older Keyboard Stringed Instruments (Classic Reprint)

Since the I nteoduction of I ron into the Construction. From 1820. There is no musical instrument so extensively used as the pianoforte, and there is certainly none so little understood by the player, in the construction, or the legitimate treatment according to the construction. It would be more intimately known if the performer had to tune it, but the difficulty of tuning renders the employment of a specialist in that art necessary. Few piano players know more about a piano than that the sounds ai ecaused by hammers striking against wire strings. There has, however, arisen in our leading music schools a desire to know more, and students are not now satisfied to remain unacquainted with the nature of their instrument. To assist those who are curious about its construction is one of the objects for which this book is written. I have chosen to start from the introduction of iron in the construction of the pianoforte, about 1820, as convenient for my purpose, regarding the entirely wooden framed piano as appertaining to an historical division, in which the precursors of the piano, the clavichord, virginal or spinet, and harpsichord will be found. All pianofortes, without distinction as to period, country of production, or maker, have in common and from necessity certain structural features, liable it may be to variation, but always proper to the instrument. These constructive details are independent of the form of the instrument, or its position ;whether it is laid down horizontally as in a grand or square piano, or is stood up vertically as in an upright. But in no instance can one of them be absent.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilize