Theory and Practice of Piano Construction
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- With a Detailed, Practical Method for Tuning
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1. Front matter2. Theory and Practice of PIANO CONSTRUCTION3. SOME REMARKS BY THE PUBLISHER.4. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.5. CHAPTER II. THE EVOLUTION OF THE PIANOFORTE.6. CHAPTER III. DESCRIPTION OF THE MODERN PIANOFORTE.7. CHAPTER IV. ACOUSTICAL LAWS OF SOUNDING STRINGS.8. CHAPTER V. THE MUSICAL SCALE AND MUSICAL INTONATION.9. CHAPTER VI. THE EQUAL TEMPERAMENT.10. CHAPTER VII. PIANOFORTE STRINGS AND THEIR PROPER DIMENSIONS.11. CHAPTER VIII. RESONANCE AND THE RESONANCE-APPARATUS OF THE PIANOFORTE.12. CHAPTER IX. THE CASE AND FRAMING OF THE PIANOFORTE.13. CHAPTER X. THE IRON FRAME OF THE PIANOFORTE.14. CHAPTER XI. THE MECHANISM OF PERCUSSION.15. CHAPTER XII. THE TOUCH MECHANISM.16. CHAPTER XIII. REGULATION OF PIANOFORTE TOUCH MECHANISM.17. CHAPTER XIV. TUNING AND TONE REGULATION OF THE PIANOFORTE.18. CHAPTER XV. THE DRAUGHTING OF THE PIANOFORTE SCALE.19. CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION.20. APPENDIX A. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAYER-PIANO.21. APPENDIX B. THE SMALL GRAND.