The Development of the Piano and Correcting It's Tuning Problems.
This paper discusses the development of the piano as a musical instrument. Strictly technical, it provides information on strings, tuning, and development difficulties. It begins in 500 BC and examines development issues through the 1700's. From the earliest times man has surrounded himself with music. His simplest instrument was his voice, with which he could communicate with other men, but as society developed so did a variety of musical instruments. Experimentation and development of musical instruments continued through time and found its way into the Greek culture. Pythagoras, who lived about 500 B.C., began the first experiments with relationships between various musical tones (Jackson 3).
