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  • Fleets Piano Workshop

    1a Vale Road
    Crosby, Merseyside
    England

    Beautiful Pianos for Beautiful Music At the Piano

  • Sulis Pianos

    Canton Place
    London Road
    Bath, Bristol BA1 6AA
    England

    A large selection of carefully selected new and

  • Dawsons Music Ltd (Warrington)

    65 Sankey Street
    Warrington, Cheshire WA1 1SU
    England

    Today, we supply all styles of Acoustic 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

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Did You Know Piano Facts

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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.