Published in Canada by General Publishing Company, Ltd., 30 Lesmill Road, Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario.

Published in the United Kingdom by Constable and Company, Ltd., 10 Orange Street, London WC 2.

This Dover edition, first published in 1975, is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the work originally published by Edward Lyman Bill, Publisher, New York, in 1906 under the title Theory and Practice of Pianoforte Building.

International Standard Book Number: 0-486-23139-9
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-78811

Manufactured in the United States of America
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CONTENTS.

PAGE
[ Some Remarks by the Publisher][5]
[Introductory Remarks][9]
[ The Evolution of the Modern Pianoforte][13]
[ Description of the Modern Pianoforte][23]
[ Acoustical Laws of Sounding Strings][28]
[ The Musical Scale and Musical Intonation][36]
[ The Equal Temperament][44]
[ Pianoforte Strings and Their Proper Dimensions][48]
[ Resonance and the Resonance-Apparatus of the Pianoforte][58]
[ The Casing and Framing of the Pianoforte][67]
[ The Iron Frame of the Pianoforte][79]
[ The Mechanism of Percussion][92]
[ The Touch Mechanism][96]
[ The Regulation of Pianoforte Touch-Mechanism][113]
[ Tuning and Tone Regulation of the Pianoforte][122]
[ The Draughting of the Pianoforte Scale][135]
[ Conclusion][139]
[ Appendix A—Development of Player Piano][144]
[ Appendix B—The Small Grand][153]