The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-29
The EARLY PIANO
Tie Eyo.lG02 q Mankind ; PAYER
lts Instrument

80 $1,000 - $3.50
The pianoios;e came 5n:o I>oYu a.
favor in 100, ten wears after The
death q Bach, tbs creates; master
Of the a.; of tagDe writing the world
las ever known, and whose suites
were written Tor the hs-psiohor3.
The spine, was . keyed ias,su-
men;, aad was the prototype ot the
ha-ps:cho-d. Some writers men
ton Il IS identical with the viz
rins's-the precursor q the piano.
Certainly The action. compass ana
shape q The Instruments we're very
similar. f not Identical. each hav-
ing single string fo- each note,
which was sounded by the plectral
action q : quill and Jack 81; il
motion BY tie KEY. The compass
being three O. four ociavaS. The
smaller instruments were placed
upon = table while being played
upon. Musical history tells Is that
Queen Elizabeth p-5ded herself OF
her playing q the v;-Einals her
favo-.te instrcI2ent). Doctor I've,
the Queens uusic-nl ASts-. an6 vii
liam Bvrde, Gistin guiShed nusi-
clans, each composed studies and
pieces especially for the Queens
use.
The ha-psichord was Sd enlarge
meut upon the sQinet both IS r.
CARDS compass anG pointer, although
the notes we're produced By the
same kind q seton IS tbs Spine1-
The harps5cbo-5. howeve-. had from
two II three. and even four. brass
OF steel wires % ezch note, and
draw stops were provided. u
means q which lbe horsepower
could be- Increased q diminished
81 the VII q ths performer. Some
Instruments had Z continuance to-
the gradual opening and shutting
OF tie Id. which gave ne effect .
3 swell. Some had. besides. Sd
upper keyboard with separate SCI
o. single strings producing Sd effect
siul4a- = %. u the sot- La28- On
the piano. The usual compass was
FIVE octaves. Numbers q these
relics are sill exI8nf e. the South
kensington Museum, London. !
noticed Z number Of excellent sps-
cimens q great historical value
some years ago q this Museum
which had been lent To- the occa-
sion bv the Queen and other emin-
ent persons. They were quaint and
interesting. ! WIS sgreeably SUI
prise6 10 find al old barpsich0rd
in good tone and II fine condition
IN California. al tie house o. z
private gentleman. This 1nstTu-
ment had been exhibited q the
last Paris Exposition.
Il j. remarkable fact that
nearly al the Ole masters had
nothing better than these 1-pe--
feet instruments % play upon, and
write for. and yst ne know, and
tnei- COM osltloIE demonstrate t1s
facr- that t1ei- iU1latlTs skin
IVES great. and III modern a.
vanced student finds his technical
efficiency PIT q Z severe 1ast when
attempting Some q tbs older cou-
positions.
During ths latter part q The
seventeenth and tbs greater por-
ton q TIE eighteenth o@Dtur.e5
almost every orchestra contained
tbs hsrDE-chor3. which occupied Z
very important place Il tte scorsss
and Was usually played u ths
conductor The piano IL fort@
being easily ogJs5LaC-@ from t1s
new instrument suggesIe2 -
name. TIE p5aIotgrts which pos
ssssss the vita power and charm q
expression. eventually s1petcaoso
tie bzrIz1c5o-5, he gCl-s a1o
lacks were 65s2laca5 ~ lie .5t,-s
ha--ers with WHICH Everyone Woo
has seen m 5-s-cs = tLe piano =
familiar. Cur5g1s-y enough, t-1s
55es seems - have occurred COM
c55eatly y several persona ABOUT
IT. 5z,a. L i SD. bcwsvsr. W.:
n frat 5-ve-to. wae C-lsIot2-5 II
III. TIE names r lie DiL*f ~
irvsrfC-s were HcLEgSs:. : German
o-ga15st- Wooo. aIc Earlus- : n
tive r Ps6gz Il Italy
The Ira noted maker = p-21rs
We Sz1Der-1aI- whose instr. t1eI-ts
we-e much admired ~ b@aas -
togvg1 L. did nj discard t-s Cd
;1e.rcrs1t ard lie a2rp@.cap'a
r. me newer one. Broad yalDs