 | 1826 - 370 ページ
...year 1711, for Mr. Crisp, the author of '< Virginia." The tone of this instrument was much superior to that produced by quills, with the additional power of producing all the shades of piano and forte by the fingers; it was on this last account it received its name. Fulk Greville, Esq. purchased it... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 ページ
...year 1711, for Mr, Crisp, the author of " Virginia." The tone of this instrument was much superior to that produced by quills, with the additional power of producing all the shades of piano and forte by the fingers ; it was on this last account it received its name. Fulk Greville, Esq. purchased it... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1835 - 938 ページ
...to England was by Father Wood, au English monk at Rome. The tone of this instrument was so superior to that produced by quills, with the additional power of producing all the shades of piano and forte by the finger, that though the toucli and mechanism were so imperfect that nothing quick could be executed... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1836 - 942 ページ
...England w:is by Father Wood, ail English monk at Rome. The tone of this instrument was su superior to that produced by quills, with the additional power of producing all the shades of piano and forte by the finger, that thougli the touch and mechanism were so imperfect that nothing quick could be executed... | |
 | 1839 - 674 ページ
...the author of " Virginia.." The tone of this instrument was mucb superior to that produced by qnills, with the additional power of producing all the shades of piano and forte hy the fingers; it was oд this last account it received its name. Fulk Grevillc, Esq. purchased it... | |
 | 1847 - 666 ページ
...the anthor of " Virginia." The tone of this iustrument was muck superior to that produced by qnills, $ X by the fingers; it was on this last account it received its name. Fulk Greville, Esq. purchased it... | |
 | Robert Hunt - 1851 - 492 ページ
...Bohemian, named Schroeter, in 1717 ; while others again ascribe it to an English monk, resident at Koine, named Padre Wood, who is reported to have made the...recoiled after having struck the strings. In 1766, Suckers and Ziimpe, who were contemporary, first established themselves in this country as manufacturers.... | |
 | Stewart Pollens - 1995 - 328 ページ
...learning, and of exquisite taste in all the fine arts. The tone of this instrument was so superior to that produced by quills, with the additional power of producing all the shades of piano and forte by the finger, that though the touch and mechanism were so imperfect that nothing quick could be executed... | |
 | Edwin M. Ripin, Phillip R. Belt - 1988 - 212 ページ
...Burney's comments show that England was musically ripe for the new instrument: he found its tone 'superior to that produced by quills, with the additional power of producing all the shades of piano & forte by the finger'; even though the touch and mechanism of Wood's instrument were rather crude... | |
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... the dead march in Saul, and other solemn and pathetic strains, when executed with taste and feeling by a master a little accustomed to the touch, excited equal wonder and delight... 