Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 282
furniture of the polite famihes 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… … Illus. 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 like a bedstead. This may have been for iSo Furniture…
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