Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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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...
After some slight deviations from his main theme, in which he explained the bowed clavier, Mr. Krehbiel gave a brief history and 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...
...FROTHINGHAM.PIERIAN SODALITY. - The firsts of every instrument, and the second horn and flute, must be at Roberts' Hall, at 6.45, and at Brattle Hall, at 7.30 tonight. No trombones nor bassoons. Cut for the rest of the orchestra...
...orcestral concerts in Sanders Theatre are better appreciated. The combination of forces working together at the Symphony Concerts produces a musical effect that is wonderful. Sanders Theatre is peculiarly adapted to orchestral music, for while being small enough to allow each instrument to be heard and to tell its story, the distance of the orchestra from the audience is large enough to permit a most exquisite blending of effect. Add to this the fact that the orchestra is ranked among the four greatest in existence, and the result is something as near perfection as can be wished...
...prime motor, said the lecturer, is an instrument taking its energy from nature and applying it to the uses of man. All mechanical tasks are done by the overcoming of resistance; in fact the overcoming of resistance is the definition of work...