Unit 1 Flashcards
Created Piano
Bartolomeo Cristofori
Piano created in year
1698
Bartolomeo Cristofori worked for
Prince Ferdinando de Medici
2 types of pianos
Upright + Grand
4 types of Uprights
Spinet - less than 38”
Console - 38” - 44”
Studio - 44” - 51”
Upright (Professional Upright) - over 51”
4 types of Grands
Baby Grand - shorter than 5’8”
Parlor Grand - between 5’8” and 6’
Grand Piano - between 6’ and 8’10”
Concert Grand - over 8’10”
frame (“skeleton” on grand)
the outer layer that the rest of the piano is built on
soundboard
amplifies the vibrating strings. made of spruce
ribs
glued at right angle to the soundboard to help keep it’s shape. made of sugar pine
the crown
the convex shape of the soundboard. keeps the soundboards shape. the shape affects the piano’s sound
bridges
attach the strings to the soundboard. long in the treble and short in the bass. made of maple or beach wood
pin block
block that the tuning pins screw into. usually layered with light and dark wood
plate
fits over the pin-block and soundboard. usually cast iron and covered with gold leaf paint
tuning pins
what a tuner turned to tune the strings
hitch pin
the string goes from the tuning pin, wraps around the hitch pin and goes back to the tuning pin. however in the lower bass section, the string merely attaches to the hitch pin itself instead of going back to the tuning pin
