10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SQUARE PIANO»
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square piano in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Mr. Langshaw's
Square Piano: The Story of the First Pianos ...
The Story of the First Pianos and How They Caused a Cultural Revolution
2
The
Piano: An Encyclopedia
An Encyclopedia Robert Palmieri. The Square Piano in Germany The oldest
surviving example of a square piano is in the Neupert Collection of the
Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg. It was made by Johann Söcher
and is labeled ...
The close similarity in appearance between the square piano and the clavichord
was no coincidence, particularly in Germany, where the clavichord was most
prized, and where the piano, in any case, was seen as a kind of super-clavichord
...
4
Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: ...
London in particular was a site where the square piano - which in shape was
close to a clavichord - became the fashionable center of a nascent music
business, in which the pianos made by German immigrant Johannes Zumpe and
his ...
5
The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Difussion of ...
Cloth woven between the strings m a damper. The action of the square piano-
forte, on its first introduction, consisted of a key, a lifter, a hammer, and a damper.
The key was the same as that of the clavichord. The lifter was a brass wire, with a
...
Society for the Difussion of Useful Knowledge,
1840
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Pianos and Their Makers: A Comprehensive History of the ...
As early as 1745, C. E. Friederici of Gera, Germany, a pupil of Silber- mann,
constructed a vertical grand piano and about 1758 he built the first square piano
in Germany. About 1760-65, Johannes Zumpe built, at London, the first English ...
7
A comprehensive history of the development of the
piano from ...
Behrend of Philadelphia exhibited his square piano in 1775. Thus within 10
years after its first appearance, the square piano was made in Germany, England
, America and France. But all the square pianos of those days were weak in tone
and ...
8
Under the Sign of the Big Fiddle: The R.S. Williams Family, ...
offers three different styles of square piano and three upright pianos. The New
York Piano Company, located in New York and Montreal, advertises three styles
of square and one style of upright piano without any introduction. The preamble
for ...
Ladislav Cselenyi, Ladislav Cselenyi-Granch,
1996
9
Piano Tuning and Repair - Starting Your Business in the 21st ...
The Square Piano Facts about the Square Piano: • Most are over 100 years old. •
Unlike the grand piano, the square piano lacks the repetition lever that gives the
grand piano the faster repeat of the keys. • Its tuning pins are located in the back
...
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Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature
A. W. Ladd & Co., for their Seven-Octave Square Piano-forte, * 1,630. the first
Bronze Medal. T. Gilbert, for his Seven-Octave Square Pianoforte, *6,349, the
second Bronze Medal. Hnllet, Davis & Co, for their Seven-Octave Square Piano-
forte, ...
John Sullivan Dwight,
1857
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SQUARE PIANO»
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square piano is used in the context of the following news items.
S. Dakota piano tuner showing vintage instruments at Washington …
Video (00:49) : A South Dakota piano tuner and collector has brought his restored, ... He stopped at a John Bland square piano, one of only five known to exist. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Apr 15»
A 19th-Century Piano Is So Square, It's Cool
The piano was older than the music Mr. Anderson was playing. It was an 1858 Steinway piano, a rectangular instrument often called a square piano, that was ... «New York Times, Jul 10»
Discovering the Keys to a Musical Past
In her search, she heard about "square pianos," early-19th-century instruments that ... As she recounts in "Mr. Langshaw's Square Piano," thanks to that dusty ... «Wall Street Journal, Nov 09»