Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 285
urniture of the polite families of the UnitedStates. Musical Instruments 259 The date of a piano can be approximately deter-mined by its legs. The earliest pianos had fourslender legs similar to the legs of the spinet or harp-sichord. The next instruments had six legs, in-creased in size and fluted… … dementi Piano, 1805. Illustration 220 is a fine example of an early piano-forte. Like the spinet and clavichord, the bodyof the instrument is separate from the lower trame,which is fastened together at the corners with largescrews like a bedstead. This mav have been for 26o Furniture of the Olden…
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