INDEX.
Reading edition
Action, 17 brackets, 24 of grand piano, 37, 38, 62 of square piano, 32, 34 removing, square and grand, 38 replacing, square and grand, 39 requisites of, 17, 18 top, of square piano, 34 trap, of square piano, 19, 34
Advantages of two-octave temperament, 171
Ancient instruments, 13
Back check, adjustment of, 49 and back catch, 18, 27, 28, 33, 37 wire, 27
Balance pin, 21 rail, 21
Bearing bar, 17
Beats, waves, and pulsations, 73, 150 of unison, octave, and major third, 154 cause of, 77, 150
Black lead, use of, 64
Block rail, 27, 51
Bottom or capstan, adjustment of, 48, 99 or key rocker, 23, 33, 48, 56, 57
Bracket bolts, 25
Bridle, 28 putting in new, 50 wire, 28, 50
Bridges, 16, 17 split, 173
Building of upright piano, 16
Butts, 28 and flanges, repairing of, 59
Capstan, 24, 48
Cause of beats 27, 150
Center-pins, 25 putting in new 52
Clicks at release of key, 51, 52
Compromises, the, 99, 100
Continuous mute, 89
Damper lever, 29 felt, softening, 54
Damper, of grand piano, 37 of square piano, 36, 60 rod, 30 rod, squeaking of, 55 spoon, 29 springs broken, 54
Dampers, 18, 29
Damping, defective, 54, 60, 61
Ditonic comma 144
Evolution of the piano, 12
Extension, 23
False waves, 160, 161
Fifths, beats of, 79 not all tempered alike, 105, 106 tempering of, 79, 104
Final inspection, 172
Fischer System of temperament, diagram of, 82
Flanges, 25 repairing of, 59
Guide pins, 23
Hammer, butt, refelting, 51 capping with buckskin, 59 felts, cleaning, 34 gluing, 54 hardening, 54 softening, 54 trimming, 60 voicing, 54, 104 head 29 rail, 29, 33 shank or stem, 29, 53 broken, 63 renewing, 53 spring, 52 sticking, 52
Hitch-pins, 16, 17
Instrumental attachments, removal of, 118
Intervals flattened, 157 sharpened, 157
Ivories, regluing, 64
Jack, 26 repairing of, 50, 58 sluggish, 57 -spring broken, 58
Key, defects in, 47, 48 leads, 22 organ, sticking, 185, 186 removing, square piano, 56 squeaking, 64 sticking, 46
Lead, in keys, 22 black, use of, 64 loose in key, 64
Length, tension, and weight of strings, 75
Loud pedal, 19, 30
Main rail, 25
Mathematics of tempered scale, 126
Metal plates, 15
Mute, continuous, 89, 90
Mutes, setting in upright piano, 117-120 in bass, 121 beyond temperament, 120 in square piano, 122 on nodal points, 161
Octave, dividing into major thirds, 134 into minor thirds, 140 perfect fifths, 142
Octaves, relative vibration of, 78
Organ, reed, tuning and repairing the, 178 bellows, leaks in, 187 capabilities of, 179 cleaning, 180 examination, 183 keys sticking, 185, 186 pallets, 186 pedal defects, 188 reeds, to find, 184 tuning, 190 stops, 182 disconnected, 184 sympathetic vibration, 189
Over-tension, 114
Panel, removing of, 75
Parts of grand action, 38 of square action, 34
Pendulum to aid in judgment of a second of time, 104
Piano frame, 15 tuner, requisites of, 7, 70
Pianos, special use of, 85, 86
Pitch, concert, 127 international, 81, 127
Pitch, left to tuner's judgment, 86, 87, 89 to determine most favorable, 85
Professional hints, 193
Questions asked by owners, 197
Ratio of intervals, 132
Reed organ. See Organ.
Regulating button, 26, 51 rail, 26, 36
Repairing small wooden parts, 63
Repetition of stroke, 18, 27
Searching for articles on sound board, 44
Seasons for tuning, 198
Soft pedal, 29, 36, 38
Sound board, 16 split, 44 unglued, 45 waves, interference of, 78, 150
Splicing piano wire, 176
Spring rail, 29
Stringing of upright, 16, 17
Strings growing sharper, 88 putting in new, 174, 175 rendering through bridges, 112, 114 splicing, 176
Study and practice of tuning, 66
Sustaining pedal, 30 squeaking of, 55
Sympathetic rattle, 43
Syntonic comma, 132
Systems of temperament, various, 163
System A, 165 B, 166 C, 167, 168
Tables of relative string length, 131, 136, 140, 143
Temperament, advantages of the two-octave, 171 equal, 97, 144 Fischer system, 74 finishing up, 156 introductory remarks on, 68, 72 rationale of, 128, 139 requisites of, 133 setting, specific instructions, 85 theory of, 97 unequal, 98 various systems, 163-168
Tension, equalization of, 111, 112
Terms to express tone qualities, 193-196
Testing by thirds and tenths, 170
Tests, chords, 94, 99, 103
Third, excessive sharpness of, 95, 103
Thirds, major, 135 major, sharper than perfect, 135 minor, flatter than perfect, 141
Tones, harmonic, 120, 130
Touch, altering the, 48
Treble, extreme, sharper than perfect, 159
Tuning, instructions for first experiments in, 92-95 hammer, manipulation of, 110, 115, 116 pins, marking of in square, 122 loose, 173 setting of, 112-114 the bass, 160 the treble, 157, 159
Vibration numbers, comparison of, 137, 146, 147, 148
Watchmaker's screwdriver, use of in piano repairing, 63
Wippen, 25
Wire splicing, 176
Wooden parts, shrinking, rattling, 59 repairing of small, 63