TY - JOUR
AU - Libin, Laurence
AB - date of its transformation into a tangent piano This ment, therefore, I suppose that in 1734 the compass seems highly unlikely As I was not able to study the was enlarged to its present state BB-c'", probably to instrument thoroughly, my theory as to the instru- be interpreted as a short octave GG/BB ment's history is slightly hypothetical It seems to me, The transformation into a tangent piano was however, that the harpsichord was built in 1675 with probably effected in the last quarter of the 18th the compass C-c' " with a short octave The instrument century The tangents have semicircular wooden plainly shows signs of having had a compass enlarge- heads with leather coverings Laurence Libin J H vanderMeer(EM, Aug 1986, pp 397-98) citing an lid down Obviously, removing shawls and objects unpublished article by Alfons Huber, refers to the displayed on top is inconvenient Opening the lid can practice believed common up to the 19th century of admit dust and upset tuning More significantly, considering the mores of an era that abhorred the sight playing harpsichords and pianos with the lid closed of bare wood such as a soundboard's, exposing the One might add that lids 
TI - An open and shut case?
JF - Early Music
DO - 10.1093/earlyj/XV.1.76
DA - 1987-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/an-open-and-shut-case-oCgPK5e3DP
SP - 76
EP - 78
VL - XV
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -