That's interesting, so Beethoven's piano was set up that the una corda pedal shifted the action that the hammer could strike only a single string of the trichords? David Love davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: Will Wickham <wwickham@stny.rr.com> > To: <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>; Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: 3/16/2004 7:43:07 AM > Subject: Re: una corda/tre corda > > David et al, > > According to the Harvard Dictionary: "...direction to use the left > pedal(soft pedal; F. pedale douce; G. Verschiebung), which, by moving > the entire action, keyboard, and hammers to strike a single string (in > modern instruments usually two strings) instead of all three. The > indication is canceled by tre corde or tutte le corde. Beethoven, the > first composer to use the indication una corda, calls for not only a > gradual increase in volume (una corda, due, e poi tre corde; G major > Concerto op 58, slow mvt), but a gradual execution of the shift...." > > thought that might clear things up a bit... > will wickham > your musical theorist/historian for the day. > > > On Mar 15, 2004, at 11:43 PM, David Love wrote: > > > Since the una corda shifts and hits two strings, why is it called the > > una > > corda rather than the due corda. I assumed that this might have been > > because in the early days there were only two string unisons, so that > > when > > the una corda was depressed it did, in fact, strike only one string. > > If > > that were true, then why, when the una corda is released, is the > > instruction given as "tre corda". > > > > Clear this one up for me please. > > > > > > David Love > > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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