History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . invented this instrument inthe fourteenth century, Italy being at that period, andfor several centuries following, the seat of European artactivity. It was subsequently copied by the Belgiansand Germans with special modifications. It continuedto be used in Germany for many centuries on accountof its extreme structural simplicity and low price. Writers say that in his first musical journeys Mozartplayed upon the clavichord, which formed part of hisbaggage. In England the virginal superseded the clavi-chord toward th
History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . invented this instrument inthe fourteenth century, Italy being at that period, andfor several centuries following, the seat of European artactivity. It was subsequently copied by the Belgiansand Germans with special modifications. It continuedto be used in Germany for many centuries on accountof its extreme structural simplicity and low price. Writers say that in his first musical journeys Mozartplayed upon the clavichord, which formed part of hisbaggage. In England the virginal superseded the clavi-chord toward the fifteenth century. This instrumentwas an emphatic step toward the piano. In it wire wassubstituted for gut, and a jack was introduced for thefirst time so as to facilitate a rude form of spinet, which was similar in most respects with thevirginal, made its appearance about the same period. Inthe latter the same action mechanism was used, the onlydifference being that the spinet was built like a harp andset down horizontally upon a frame-work, as exemplified. The Green Clavichord. Eighteenth Century. ,_. ,.* -!<;???historyofamerica00spil
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