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... ; but , like the bayonet on land , capable of overthrowing all war - machines which can only strike from a considerable distance . 249 CHAPTER XII . MUSIC . A PERFECT sostenuto piano 248 TWENTIETH CENTURY INVENTIONS .
... ; but , like the bayonet on land , capable of overthrowing all war - machines which can only strike from a considerable distance . 249 CHAPTER XII . MUSIC . A PERFECT sostenuto piano 248 TWENTIETH CENTURY INVENTIONS .
Page 249
... piano in existence which will produce anything even approximately approaching to that effect . The characteristic of the piano as an instrument is percussion , producing , at the moment of striking the note , a loud sound which almost ...
... piano in existence which will produce anything even approximately approaching to that effect . The characteristic of the piano as an instrument is percussion , producing , at the moment of striking the note , a loud sound which almost ...
Page 250
... piano , much use would for many years be made of it for this particular purpose . The effects of re- peated notes succeeding one another with in- creasing or decreasing force , and of arpeggio passages , have been so fully explored and ...
... piano , much use would for many years be made of it for this particular purpose . The effects of re- peated notes succeeding one another with in- creasing or decreasing force , and of arpeggio passages , have been so fully explored and ...
Page 251
... piano and the organ or between the piano and the string band . Some inventors have aimed in the latter direction and others in the former ; but no one has succeeded in really recommending his ideas to the public . Com- bined piano ...
... piano and the organ or between the piano and the string band . Some inventors have aimed in the latter direction and others in the former ; but no one has succeeded in really recommending his ideas to the public . Com- bined piano ...
Page 252
... piano that shall at one and the same time correct , to some extent , the defects of the existing instrument , and leave still available all the brilliant effects which have been invented for it by a generation of musical geniuses . We ...
... piano that shall at one and the same time correct , to some extent , the defects of the existing instrument , and leave still available all the brilliant effects which have been invented for it by a generation of musical geniuses . We ...
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