A Noble Art: Three Lectures on the Evolution and Construction of the Piano (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Noble Art: Three Lectures on the Evolution and Construction of the Piano

Piano-playing may be defined as the act of choos ing and exciting musical Vibrations in a piano. Be cause this requires manual dexterity, the human arm and hand have been carefully studied. We have learned what part anatomy, physiology, and mechanics contribute to those nice calculations which insure artis tic execution.

But is familiarity with the manipulation of the power end of a lever, and ignorance of the resultant motions beyond the fulcrum, knowledge? And which of us knows the exact mechanical operation of any one of our simplest touches?

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