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	Learn more about Piano in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Broadwood firm, which sent pianos to both Haydn and Beethoven, was the first to build pianos with range of more than five octaves: five octaves and a fifth during the 1790s, six by 1810 (in time for Beethoven to use the extra notes in his later works), and seven by 1820.
		Pianos that are prized and appreciated by their owners are tuned regularly, roughly once every four to six months for domestic pianos, and always just before a performance in concert halls.
		Piano is also a dynamic direction in music, often appearing in sheet music as p, and indicating to the performer that he should play softly.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /p/pi/piano.html (4197 words)

	Piano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The word piano is a shortened form of the word pianoforte, which is seldom used except in formal language and derived from the original Italian name for the instrument, gravicèmbalo col piano e forte (literally harpsichord with soft and loud).
		Silbermann's pianos were virtually direct copies of Cristofori's, with one important addition: Silbermann invented the forerunner of the modern damper pedal, which lifts all the dampers from the strings at once.
		The rare transposing piano, of which Irving Berlin possessed an example, uses the middle pedal as a clutch which disengages the keyboard from the mechanism, enabling the keyboard to be moved to left or right with a lever.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piano (5030 words)

	ipedia.com: Piano Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Piano is a common abbreviation for pianoforte, a large musical instrument with a keyboard.
		Piano is a common abbreviation for pianoforte, a large musical instrument with a keyboard (see keyboard instrument).
		Piano is also the name of a commune of the Haute-Corse département in France, on the island of Corsica.
	www.ipedia.com /piano.html (4193 words)

	TEACHING LITTLE FINGERS TO PLAY PIANO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Upright pianos, also called vertical pianos, are more compact because the frame and strings are placed vertically, extending in both directions from the keyboard and hammers.
		It is considered harder to produce a sensitive piano action when the hammers move horizontally, rather than upward against gravity as in a grand piano; however, the very best upright pianos now approach the level of grand pianos of the same size in tone quality and responsiveness.
		A relatively recent development is the prepared piano, which is simply a standard grand piano which has had objects placed inside it before a performance in order to alter its sound, or which has had its mechanism changed in some way.
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	The Piano Education Page - Book Reviews
		Ideas for piano concertos for students at the undergraduate level are also given, prefaced by interesting and pedagogically sound ideas for the teacher to contemplate before assigning students to prepare any sort of concerto.
		There are probably more than a few piano teachers who spend most of their time with students drilling into young impressionable brains the "correct" way of playing the repertoire based on dim memories of courses taken, nuggets from past teachers and aural concepts based on recordings and performances.
		The acoustical piano is an intricate contrivance whose thousands of parts are critically dependent for proper functioning on the quality of both materials and workmanship.
	pianoeducation.org /pnotbkre.html (2785 words)

	Innovations in the piano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Piano construction is by now a rather conservative area; most of the technological advances were made by about 1880, and indeed it is possible that some contemporary piano buyers might actually be suspicious of pianos that are made differently from the older kind.
		They were invented in 1808 by the piano pioneer Sébastien Érard and have long been employed in quality pianos to terminate the front, that is closer to the player, end of the string.
		These pianos are often called 'hybrid pianos', as they have characteristics of both acoustic pianos (the piano sound is made by hammers on strings) and digital pianos (record/playback capability, as well as synthesizer and audio sound capability).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Innovations_in_the_piano (1949 words)

	300 Years of People and Pianos: A Teacher's How-To. Information for teachers about the PBS documentary and how to use ...
		The documentary "300 Years of People and Pianos," produced by the Smithsonian and broadcast on PBS, offers you, your students and their families a look at those three centuries of the development of this legendary instrument.
		Lesson Two looks at the many roles of musicians and pianos through the years, asking students to consider what a music educator does, what part the piano played in the upbringing of young women in the 1800s and to consider Japan's embrace of the instrument.
		And finally, in Lesson Four, students experiment with sound by either making their own nail piano or creating a "prepared piano." You may choose to use the lessons exactly as they appear here, or you may alter them to fit the needs of your particular group of students.
	www.menc.org /guides/piano300/Teachers.html (596 words)

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