Category: Piano
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Information about Specific Piano Brands
Please note: The following material was written by Martha Beth Lewis, Ph.D. People ask me all the time about this piano or that one. Here is what I think of certain pianos. (If it’s not listed here, there’s a 98% chance I have never heard of it, let alone played it.) Ok, here…
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Choosing A Piano
Please note: The following material was written by Martha Beth Lewis, Ph.D. Here are some general thoughts on piano brands: which ones are good, which ones to stay away from. Please note that these are my personal opinions. Instruments from the same manufacturer differ from year to year, and within a given year! …
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Developments of the Modern Piano
Interior of an upright piano, showing the felt-covered hammers. The tuning pins can be seen at upper left. In the treble range shown, each note has three strings. In the period lasting from about 1790 to 1860, the Mozart-era piano underwent tremendous changes, which led to the modern form of the instrument. This revolution was…
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Early history
Although there were various crude earlier attempts to make stringed keyboard instruments with struck strings, it is widely considered that the piano was invented by a single individual: Bartolomeo Cristofori of Padua, Italy. It is not known exactly when Cristofori first built a piano, but an inventory made by his employers, the Medici family, indicates…
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Piano
Piano is the general name given to a musical instrument classified as a keyboard, percussion, or string instrument, depending on the system of classification used. The piano produces sound by striking steel strings with felt hammers that immediately rebound allowing the string to continue vibrating at its resonant frequency. These vibrations are transmitted through the…
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Piano – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Please note: The following material was taken from http://pianoeducation.org/pnopnfaq.html#Basics . Piano – Basics and History Q: How and why was the piano invented? A: The mechanical genius Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the piano around 1700. The name piano is actually a shortened version of the Italian term pianoforte, meaning soft-loud, and referring to the fact that the…
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