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... instruments operated by a keyboard , see ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND IN- STRUMENTS ; ORGAN ; and articles on instrument families , such as PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS . DEVELOPMENT OF THE KEYBOARD Evolution from early forms . Long before the appear ...
... instruments operated by a keyboard , see ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND IN- STRUMENTS ; ORGAN ; and articles on instrument families , such as PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS . DEVELOPMENT OF THE KEYBOARD Evolution from early forms . Long before the appear ...
Page 442
... instrument somewhat reminiscent of the harpsichords of the 18th - century Hamburg school in sound . Taking as their model an im- properly restored instrument falsely said to have belonged to Bach , these instruments generally have the ...
... instrument somewhat reminiscent of the harpsichords of the 18th - century Hamburg school in sound . Taking as their model an im- properly restored instrument falsely said to have belonged to Bach , these instruments generally have the ...
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... INSTRUMENTS Stringed keyboard instruments have as their principal defects an inability , first , to sustain a tone indefinitely and , secondly , to alter the tone's loudness once a key has been depressed . There have been various ...
... INSTRUMENTS Stringed keyboard instruments have as their principal defects an inability , first , to sustain a tone indefinitely and , secondly , to alter the tone's loudness once a key has been depressed . There have been various ...
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