bowed piano (was inharmonicity)

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu
Sat, 13 Jun 1998 17:04:10 -0500


Stephen,

At 23:41 6/12/98 -0500, you wrote:

>There is an historical precedent for this...it isn't so bizarre. The 
>Stein piano (c1780) in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts is believed to have 
>been a Saitenharmonika originally <snip>

Would that be like the Geigenwerk?

They predated Janissary pedals though, didn't they, so you wouldn't have
found cymbals and drums included, right?

Conrad
 

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