Innovations in the piano
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Piano construction is by now a rather conservative area; most of the technological advances were made by about 1900, and indeed it is possible that some contemporary piano buyers might actually be sus
The Doppio Borgato
Pinchi Pedalpiano System - detail
A piano from 1827 by the English firm Broadwood and Sons; it has sculpted legs and employs a lyre shape to support the pedals.
The Pegasus piano, made by the Schimmel firm
Aliquot stringing
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Aliquot stringing is the use of extra, un-struck strings in a piano for the purpose of enriching the tone. Aliquot systems use an additional string in each note of the top three piano octaves. This st
Innovations in the piano
…piano, and which "fingers" are mapped to the 37 note pedalboard in three independent three octave stops (A0–A3 for 16', A1–A4 for 8', and A2–A5 for 4'). Aliquot stringing is the use of extra unstruck strings in the piano for the purpose of enriching the tone. The aliquot stringing system was invented by Julius Blüthner…
The aliquot strings are one octave higher and are therefore shorter.