Piano Tuning

About this eBook

Author

Fischer, J. Cree (Jerry Cree), 1871-

Title

Piano Tuning: A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs

Credits

Produced by Mark C. Orton, L.N. Yaddanapudi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

MT: Music: Musical instruction and study, Composition

Subject

Piano -- Tuning

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17571

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17571

Release Date

January 22, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.J. CREE FISCHER — PIANO TUNING — A SIMPLE AND ACCURATE METHOD FOR AMATEURS — DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. NEW YORK
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.LESSON I. — INTRODUCTION.
6. 6.LESSON II. — GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PIANO; SOMETHING OF ITS EVOLUTION AND HISTORY.
7. 7.LESSON III. — TECHNICAL NAMES AND USES OF THE PARTS OF THE UPRIGHT PIANO ACTION.
8. 8.LESSON IV. — ACTION OF SQUARE AND GRAND PIANOS.
9. 9.LESSON V. — REGULATING AND REPAIRING.
10. 10.LESSON VI. — REGULATING AND REPAIRING.(Continued.)
11. 11.LESSON VII. — THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF PIANO TUNING.
12. 12.LESSON VIII. — THE TEMPERAMENT. — THE FISCHER SYSTEM OF SETTING TEMPERAMENT.
13. 13.LESSON IX. — SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS IN TEMPERAMENT SETTING.
14. 14.LESSON X. — THEORY OF THE TEMPERAMENT.
15. 15.LESSON XI. — THE TECHNIQUE OR MODUS OPERANDI OF PIANO TUNING.
16. 16.LESSON XII. — MATHEMATICS OF THE TEMPERED SCALE.
17. 17.LESSON XIII. — RATIONALE OF THE TEMPERAMENT. (Concluded from Lesson XII.)
18. 18.LESSON XIV. — MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS PERTAINING TO THE PRACTICAL WORK OF TUNING.
19. 19.LESSON XV. — MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS PERTAINING TO THE PRACTICAL WORK OF TUNING, REGULATING, AND REPAIRING.
20. 20.LESSON XVI. — TUNING AND REPAIRING THE REED ORGAN.
21. 21.LESSON XVII. — CONCLUDING PROFESSIONAL HINTS. — FOOTNOTES
22. 22.INDEX. — Transcriber's Note

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