At 10:27 1/28/2003 -0800, you wrote: >What I should have asked was....when was the una chorda PEDAL first >introduced? That would have been more specific to my query, as there were >mechanisms, (ie levers, etc.), that accomplished the physical shifting of >the action. As I understand it, there were such mechanisms in harpsichords, >prior to the invention of the piano. Is this correct? >Best Regards, >Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) Well, John Hayward had pedal activated stops on harpsichords by 1676, one of which might have been an una corda... London 1772, Backers had pedals on a fortepiano, again, one of which might have been an una corda... London 1780 Broadwood had pedals.......... -1783 Broadwood patented pedals (original, no?) London 1787 Walton had uno/due/all corda pedal Vienna 1789 Stein started using pedals Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076(Dept.office) - People never grow up, they just learn how to act in public. -Bryan White
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