NATS 1760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Square Piano, Clavichord, Escapement
15 Apr 2016
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Vitalists - vital force that makes living things unique. Example of mechanical approach - leibigs animal economy. Bernard develops a new concept of what it means to be alive: self-regulation: animals regulate various chemical functions in their body, regulate how much sugar is produced and processsed, this creates an internal environment. Technology goes from being empirical (trial and error) Acceptable in the public and private spheres. Women were the main piano players (even though it was mostly in the home) Why the piano occupies a unique place in the hearts of people? it has ties within the family. Britain used to be the main producer of pianos, now its the east, mostly china (cambell to yahama) Invented in the early 17th century by christophore fernandando, most had 5 octaves. Clavichord - keyboard based version when you press a key and it pushes a string, but not that loud.
