FROM THE HISTORY OF PIANO CREATIVITY

Аннотация

Piano (English, French piano; German Klavier) is a keyboard string instrument with horizontal (grand piano) or vertical (piano) strings. The sound of a piano is greatly influenced by its design, since the 18th century. has undergone significant changes. The piano consists of an acoustic apparatus (resonance soundboard, string clothes), a keyboard mechanism, and supporting structures (footer, metal frame, virbelbank). A complex system of levers of the mechanism allows the force to be transferred from the player through the key to the hammer, the impact of which on the string produces sound. The modern piano range is 7 ⅓ octaves (88 keys).