Tracing the roots of the piano to the very beginning of consciousness, when man first became aware of sound.
1777, Stein Praise From Mozart
Mozart praised the Stein piano for its knee-levers, allowing the composer to operate the dampers without removing his hands from the keyboard; and also for their escapement, which the piano maker had not quite perfected.
In a letter to his father, Leopold, he wrote:
In whatever way I touch the keys, the tone is always even. It never jars, it is never stronger or weaker or entirely absent; in a word, it is always even. It is true that he does not sell a pianoforte of this kind for less than three hundred gulden, but the trouble and the labour which Stein puts into the making of it cannot be paid for. 1
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Palmieri, Robert, ed. The Piano: An Encyclopedia. 2nd Edition. New York: Routledge, June 1, 2004: pg. 240. Google Books. Web. 14 Sept. 2015.
