Well... Sometimes it does, Sometimes it doesn't... Sometimes it does for some peoples and doesn't for others... Having various names for the same thing could be mostly harmless, (even if it sometimes could causes religious wars) Having various thing responding to the same name can be nasty from time to time... let's take the example of Iran using atomic power... Is it a power supply or a weapon ? Never assume something won't change the world if you're not sure you understand all the implications... Philippe Errembault Ps : Were you trying to say my question was pointless ? ;-D ----- Original Message ----- From: John Delmore To: 'Pianotech List' Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 4:21 PM Subject: RE: piano, piano-forte,forte-piano : Terminology - What's your opinion ? I still can't get our organist/choirmaster to call his "harpsichord" by it's technically correct name: a virginal. I'm sure not gonna try to change the whole world!!:-) JD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Philippe Errembault Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 7:59 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: piano, piano-forte, forte-piano : Terminology - What's your opinion ? Hello, Just consulting the french wikipedia, I discovered that piano-forte is the original name of the instrument invented by Cristophori near 1700, and it was in a harpsichord like frame, while forte-piano was built around 60 years later by Friederici, on a square frame like a clavichord. This is not matching with what I find on the english wikipedia... What's your opinios about that ? what instrument should be called what ? Or do you think the names are just not the seme between both langagues ? Philippe Errembault -------------- section suivante -------------- Une pi?ce jointe HTML a ?t? nettoy?e... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060417/2950d764/attachment-0001.html
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