Theory and Practice of Piano Construction

About this eBook

Author

White, William Braid, 1878-1959

Title

Theory and Practice of Piano Construction With a Detailed, Practical Method for Tuning

Credits

Produced by Colin Bell, June Troyer, Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

ML: Music: Literature of music

Subject

Piano -- Construction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57354

Release Date

June 18, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Theory and Practice of PIANO CONSTRUCTION — CONTENTS. — SOME REMARKS BY THE PUBLISHER.
2. 2.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
3. 3.CHAPTER II. THE EVOLUTION OF THE PIANOFORTE.
4. 4.CHAPTER III. DESCRIPTION OF THE MODERN PIANOFORTE.
5. 5.CHAPTER IV. ACOUSTICAL LAWS OF SOUNDING STRINGS.
6. 6.CHAPTER V. THE MUSICAL SCALE AND MUSICAL INTONATION.
7. 7.CHAPTER VI. THE EQUAL TEMPERAMENT.
8. 8.CHAPTER VII. PIANOFORTE STRINGS AND THEIR PROPER DIMENSIONS.
9. 9.CHAPTER VIII. RESONANCE AND THE RESONANCE-APPARATUS OF THE PIANOFORTE.
10. 10.CHAPTER IX. THE CASE AND FRAMING OF THE PIANOFORTE.
11. 11.CHAPTER X. THE IRON FRAME OF THE PIANOFORTE.
12. 12.CHAPTER XI. THE MECHANISM OF PERCUSSION.
13. 13.CHAPTER XII. THE TOUCH MECHANISM.
14. 14.CHAPTER XIII. REGULATION OF PIANOFORTE TOUCH MECHANISM.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIV. TUNING AND TONE REGULATION OF THE PIANOFORTE.
16. 16.CHAPTER XV. THE DRAUGHTING OF THE PIANOFORTE SCALE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION. — APPENDIX A. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAYER-PIANO. — APPENDIX B. THE SMALL GRAND. — UNUSUAL METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION.

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