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...explanation of the pianoforte. This instrument was invented almost simultaneously, by three men of different nationalities, about 1715. It was the outcome of the impatience which was felt at the limitations of the other instruments, in which no variation of volume could be secured. After the lecture, Mr. Arthur Freidheim played on a Steinway Concert Grand a number of pieces by Chopin and Liszt, showing the remarkable superiority of the pianoforte over its predecessors, in the matter of varying the amount of tone...
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