Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 283
iture of the polite famihes of the UnitedStates. Musical Instruments 259 ni The date of a piano can be approximately deter-...ined 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, m-creased in size and fluted… … lllus. 220. — Clementi 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 frame,which is fastened together at the corners with largescrews Hke a bedstead. This may have been for RETURN TC…
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