Show INVENTION OF P banh nev in aletter dated june 27 1 1 and addressed to alahn Alp hn 11 duke of blondena italy by a ing instrument maker narna Pali atino appears the first is f the term pianoforte in abi letter he writes of the piano lorte with the u eath 11 the bears the name was not invented until a much later period and pal ia reference Is obscure ob acure unquestionably the mod era pianoforte was th result of many attempts to put a keyboard to dulcimers dulc imers or hammers t a barp si chord the earliest existing I 1 presentation of a stringed anit merit with ke y 8 is the wood es afa vocal choral or served in st blary s bury england and of date ous to 1400 10 this machine stoppers or tangents bad bren adopted from tile tile problem remained olvet ULU worked cut by a floren tine about 1710 at that he was making lillie the patronage of prince retilio re and anti one of them dated ili is now in the kraus euin flop ence the invention found little favor because of the un pArtain action of keys and the long continued vibration of the wires not until inzina improve Imp roye merits had been made did the eluo torte become popular when at fried maun 1745 produs d an instrument which met with much success frederick the greater cr dered one suit it is tobe the same which now in the old place in the music room in jee palace at potsdam which wa bayed upon by the great ja ah previous to 1758 all pian fortes were wing or tail ii like harpsichords and indeed the grand of to day very re in exterior appearance the harpsichord of the jast century but in 1758 E 0 Fre denci of gera presents an instrument of long shape now commences the era of great popularity and mouy events the conflict with C hord for general we a which continued until about aben the olli standby to the inevitable in 1767 Mai appeared the first public ii lice of the pianoforte at which time a playbill ef covent garden gave the following notice act I 1 brickler will sing a favorite sar from judith accompanied by M dibdin on a new instrument called pianoforte i in the first pianoforte music was bubli bed in london the camou 01 2 of illuk clementi when he vu on I 1 y eig i bleen years of age jufa christian bach as the fi perso to execute in public a solo upon this instrument brought out the name grand in 1777 feel proul tb at the next great step the areu avent in piano imp roverne nt tine cristoforio Cristo foris invention is to I 1 credited to one of her citizens L 1800 john isaac halkias tot an upright a frame iti dependent of the case up rig ts had been previously alad but they W ere only the old turned on end hawkins to tile floor the fin of frame the wood is manifest when it i s knewt that the tension of all the string 11 afuli siz d grand is equivalent equi valen to a force of bounds E this enormous tension an immen pressure is b ought to bear the bridge and an thus its vibrations and tone givdici power are in time materially is aured the to ire i re ti the suspension agriffa bridge I 1 11 alieves this fin d the boue 10 preserved in all its fres liness on fiume for the natural lifetime the instrument the curious m be pleased to learn that in one 1 theta instruments there are fiete kinds of wood six kinds of meta feet and fourteen of steel wire feet white wire and the weight is I 1 pounds I 1 t has taken years stuby and experiment to bring 11 U to its present perfection iol but it is now unequaled in I 1 ity leta times aa man y being sul ul I 1 as both grand find square I 1 a ac the perfect t of it 87 is almo an py of the small parlo I 1 grand and is just as t the performer in playing instill I 1 mental music its durability I 1 equall 90 0 as an y other estyl i w aleby 6 j ears of reason able the upright is I 1 I 1 the square in poi thre f strings instead of two to tle thereby adding volume and quality to tile toine it flag I 1 U ti third n this respect equals tile grin interior is is gether different dif Terent and 0 the upright is particularly able for its resonance of ton is particularly adapted I 1 human voice to many i ho hi not large rooms and plent of cant space for a grand it comale its s acup s a smaller than ot n square all styles of art I 1 however undergoing and improving not only b lope anesin but in the fit and ornamentation of of cases and metal work pearl are a thing of the past as are ala al A rosewood cues oil of cheit liability to crack the finest fortes have mahogany veneer a rosewood finish the transposition trane position of qu marke in a recent musical cats logg cau ed the following astounding IV co I 1 she heaved a eilif 1 in E flat for so cenaj I 1 is I 1 I 1 4 |