Cookie Consent by Free Privacy Policy Generator Update cookies preferences

Sittingbourne Kent England

Sittingbourne

Browse Locations England » Kent » Sittingbourne


Featured Listings

  • Brittens Music Tunbridge Wells

    Russell House
    Grove Hill Road
    Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1RZ
    England

    Covering Kent, Sussex and Surrey from stores in

  • Elite Pianos

    126 Meadfield Rd
    Langley
    Langley, Berkshire SL3 7JF
    England

    Used and new acoustic and digital piano

  • The Full Octave

    152 Market Street
    Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria LA15 8RQ
    England

  • Chas Foulds & Son (Derby) Ltd

    40 Irongate
    Derby, Derbyshire DE1 3GA
    England

    Charles Foulds opened the first Foulds shop in

  • Roberts Pianos (Southsea)

    116 Albert Road
    Portsmouth, Hampshire PO4 0JS
    England

    We stock over 100 top quality new, modern and

Featured Classifieds

No featured classifieds

Blog Categories

Recent Blog Posts

No new blog posts

Recent Classifieds

No featured classifieds

New Events




Did You Know Piano Facts

1157
Around the middle of the twelfth century we find the keyed monochord, which was developed further, several strings being added, until eventually we recognize the clavichord. A tangent was fitted to the back of each key, which when raised contacted the single string, and facilitated simultaneous notes. The tangent acted as a bridge determining the speaking length of the string. A mute was fitted to the non-speaking length, so when the key was released the note stopped singing.