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Kochevitsky, George - The Art of Piano Playing (1967)
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CHAPTER ONE
Technique Based on Fingers Alone INVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PIANOFORTE The history of both piano playing and piano teaching does not properly begin until the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Although the principle of hammer mechanics was first applied to keyboard instruments in 1709 by the Italian Bartolommeo Cristofori, its development and perfection required a long time. Johann Sebastian Bach saw one of the first instruments of this type-Gottfried Silbermann's piano-around 1726. Although Bach praised the tone, he was not satisfied with the instrument, finding its action hard and its treble weak. He considered the pianoforte incapable of competing with the harpsichord and clavichord. Working hard to correct these shortcomings, Silbermann in 1747 again showed his improved "piano e forte" to Bach. This time Bach praised it warmly. But since this second trial took place in the presence of the King of Prussia on the court instruments, it is questionable whether Bach's praise was sincere. At any rate, Bach did not show any serious interest in the pianoforte. Possibly it was hard for an old man to appreciate such a revolutionary innovation. Bach