What don't I know here? If it's a harpsichord, it's a harpsichord. Isn't it? I thought a Virginal was a totally different thing. Been wrong before. Probably am again. But at the university, we have two harpsichords. :-) Avery Todd At 09:21 AM 4/17/2006, you wrote: >I still can't get our organist/choirmaster to call his "harpsichord" >by it's technically correct name: a virginal. I'm sure not gonna >try to change the whole world!!:-) >JD > > >---------- >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] >On Behalf Of Philippe Errembault >Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 7:59 AM >To: Pianotech List >Subject: piano, piano-forte, forte-piano : Terminology - What's your opinion ? > >Hello, > >Just consulting the french wikipedia, I discovered that piano-forte >is the original name of the instrument invented by Cristophori near >1700, and it was in a harpsichord like frame, while forte-piano was >built around 60 years later by Friederici, on a square frame like a >clavichord. This is not matching with what I find on the english wikipedia... > >What's your opinios about that ? what instrument should be called >what ? Or do you think the names are just not the seme between both langagues ? > > >Philippe Errembault -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060417/41015596/attachment.html
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