Méthode pour apprendre le piano-forté à l'aide du guide-mains
- Type:
- partituur
- Titel:
- Méthode pour apprendre le piano-forté à l'aide du guide-mains
- Andere titel:
- Pianoforte-Schule, op. 108
- Onderwerp:
- 19th Century (1801-1900)
Method
Piano
Paris (France) - Taal:
- Frans
- Uitgever:
- Paris s.n. 18xx
- Plaatsnummer:
- ORPH.KTS1 C2.30 02G16 (Orpheus Instituut)
- Paginering:
- 77 pages
- Editie:
- 5th ed.
- Nota:
- with signature/stamp 'F. Kalkbrenner'
While living 1814 to 1823 in England, Kalkbrenner came across an invention made by Johann Bernhard Logier. This invention was the so-called chiroplast or "hand guide" ("guide-main" in french, "Handleiter" in german). The chiroplast was a contrivance made from two parallel rails of mahogany wood that were placed on two feet and loosely attached to the piano. This apparatus should restrict vertical motions of the arms thereby helping nascent pianists to attain the (perceived) correct position of the hands. This invention became a runaway success. There are reports that it was still available for sale in London in the 1870s. In 1817, Logier teamed up with Kalkbrenner to found an academy where music theory and piano playing, of course with the help of the chiroplast, were taught. The proceeds from the patent made Kalkbrenner a wealthy man. - Permalink:
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