Theory and Practice of Piano ConstructionFront matterReading editionChapter navigation21 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTheory and Practice of PIANO CONSTRUCTIONSOME REMARKS BY THE PUBLISHER.Chapter I · INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.Chapter II · THE EVOLUTION OF THE PIANOFORTE.Chapter III · DESCRIPTION OF THE MODERN PIANOFORTE.Chapter IV · ACOUSTICAL LAWS OF SOUNDING STRINGS.Chapter V · THE MUSICAL SCALE AND MUSICAL INTONATION.Chapter VI · THE EQUAL TEMPERAMENT.Chapter VII · PIANOFORTE STRINGS AND THEIR PROPER DIMENSIONS.Chapter VIII · RESONANCE AND THE RESONANCE-APPARATUS OF THE PIANOFORTE.Chapter IX · THE CASE AND FRAMING OF THE PIANOFORTE.Chapter X · THE IRON FRAME OF THE PIANOFORTE.Chapter XI · THE MECHANISM OF PERCUSSION.Chapter XII · THE TOUCH MECHANISM.Chapter XIII · REGULATION OF PIANOFORTE TOUCH MECHANISM.Chapter XIV · TUNING AND TONE REGULATION OF THE PIANOFORTE.Chapter XV · THE DRAUGHTING OF THE PIANOFORTE SCALE.Chapter XVI · CONCLUSION.APPENDIX A. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAYER-PIANO.APPENDIX B. THE SMALL GRAND.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Theory and Practice of PIANO CONSTRUCTIONAll chapters and sections (21)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTheory and Practice of PIANO CONSTRUCTIONSOME REMARKS BY THE PUBLISHER.Chapters12345678910111213141516Other sectionsAPPENDIX A. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAYER-PIANO.APPENDIX B. THE SMALL GRAND.William B. White◇Theory and Practice of PIANO CONSTRUCTION →