square grand or is it clavichord?

[Barbara Richmond]

Great post, Ray!

By the way, do you know if it is indeed true, that Bach's reaction to the
piano was something like, "Nice idea, but I don't think it'll ever catch
on."?  Is it just a rumor that runs amuck in music history classes--like
knock-knock jokes do in first grade?  Actually, I can't remember where I
heard it.........


Barbara Richmond, RPT
somewhere near Peoria, IL

PS  Do you know why JS Bach had so many children?
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There were no stops on his organ!


----- Original Message -----
From: "William R. Brohinsky" <onlyocelot@joimail.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: square grand or is it clavichord?


> All the descriptions of the clavichord given so far have been
> essentially correct, but none of them have been complete.
>
> The clavichord is an old instrument, believed by Bach to be the epitome
> of a composer's keyboard.