Pedals ?

[Peter KESTENS]

Edward,

Janizary means the music made by the army of Turkish soldiers;  in Europe we
forget ity sometimes, but they have been in front of the gates of Vienna,
i.e. very far away  from home and very close to the cultural and political
center of Europe of that time.  They used for their music trumpets, drums
triangles, ... Pianobuilders tried to evocate that kind of music, because it
was "bon ton" in that time and people want to play it.  Remember Mozarts
Turkish March.

Greetings,

Peter

't MUZIEKINSTRUMENTENATELIER
PETER KESTENS
BELGIUM
KESTENS.P@DEBCOM.BE
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Edward Carwithen <musicman@eoni.com>
Aan: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Datum: zaterdag 21 februari 1998 18:03
Onderwerp: Re: Pedals ?


>  I got ahold of the same book.  Verrry interrresting!!
>
>
>
>At 02:39 PM 2/20/98 EST, you wrote:
>>List;
>> I am reading the book written by Arthur Loesser entitled; "Men, Women and
>>Pianos".  In the book Arthur makes mention of a piano Erard built for
"Consul
>>Bonaparte";   the passage reads:
>>" .............it also had the row of condimentary pedals customary in
Vienna
>>instruments, five of them-an unacorda soft pedal, an ordinary sustaining
>>pedal, a "basson", a "celeste" pianissimo made by a cloth damper, and a
>>"Janizary music" (that is to say, drums and triangle).
>>
>>  Question:  What specifically is a Janizary ? How does/did it work ?
>>
>>Comment: Interesting book, well written and shows that they debated some
of
>>the same subjects, begining with the time that pianos came into vouge,
early
>>to mid 1700's (France), that we are discussing still today.
>>Jim Bryant (FL)
>>
>>
>Ed Carwithen
>Oregon