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...Steinert played on the chavichord, a number of selections from Bach. This instrument has contested the supremacy of the piano, down to our own century, down in fact to Beethoven's time, and may still be found in some German homes, in place of the piano. He also gave some improvisations on the spinet and the harpsichord which is exactly like the spinet in principle. Sounds are produced in these, by picking the strings with quills...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Precursors of the Pianoforte. | 4/15/1892 | See Source »

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