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... piano , you will see that the tone is made by a hammer stroke on the strings , a stroke that can be made loud or soft . It seems strange to us that such a simple device was so difficult to discover . But so it was . For years no one ...
... piano , you will see that the tone is made by a hammer stroke on the strings , a stroke that can be made loud or soft . It seems strange to us that such a simple device was so difficult to discover . But so it was . For years no one ...
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A Textbook in Music Appreciation Thomasine Cobb McGehee. like a tiny grand piano , which , as you know , has a harp- shaped , flat top . Some harpsichords were rectangular , like the old " square " pianos . Clavichords and harpsichords ...
A Textbook in Music Appreciation Thomasine Cobb McGehee. like a tiny grand piano , which , as you know , has a harp- shaped , flat top . Some harpsichords were rectangular , like the old " square " pianos . Clavichords and harpsichords ...
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... piano . The old - fashioned harpsichord , though a concert instrument , was no in- strument for the full , rich ... ( piano ) or loud ( forte ) tones . As the instrument became increasingly popular , the shorter name , piano , came into ...
... piano . The old - fashioned harpsichord , though a concert instrument , was no in- strument for the full , rich ... ( piano ) or loud ( forte ) tones . As the instrument became increasingly popular , the shorter name , piano , came into ...
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