Cookie Consent by Free Privacy Policy Generator Update cookies preferences

Wanstead Flats London England

Wanstead Flats


Featured Listings

  • Benny Crawford & Son Ltd

    Donaghadee, County Down BT21 0NL
    Northern Ireland

    We have a high quality range of New andAs-New

  • Fleets Piano Workshop

    1a Vale Road
    Crosby, Merseyside
    England

    Beautiful Pianos for Beautiful Music At the Piano

  • Vale Pianos

    Woodview Throckmorton Road
    Throckmorton
    Pershore, Worcestershire WR10 2JY
    England

    We are a well-established, friendly, family run

  • Rimmers Music (Edinburgh)

    14 Elm Row
    City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH7 4AA
    Scotland

    We have been Established for 30 years and have a

  • Rimmers Music Ltd (Leyland)

    Ambrose House
    20, Chapel Brow
    Preston, Lancashire PR5 2NE
    England

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.