Till-; l)l-&amp;gt;KiN (&amp;gt;! (IRANI) 1 IANOS. 



tin: rectangular shape as (lie favourite 

 uiie until the end of the eighteenth 

 century. Meanwhile the harpsichord 

 was not as yet losing its hold on public 

 favour, and in 17(15 Hnrckhardt Tschudi 

 (An^licc ISurkat Shudi) was at the top 

 of his fame as a maker, and took into 

 partnership, live years later, one John 

 Broadwood. The latter had been in 

 his employ since 1751, had married his 

 master s daughter and succeeded him 

 in the business. The piano, however, 

 gained ground so rapidly that the last 

 harpsichord was made in i/&amp;lt;t. ,, and it 

 was never played in public after 171)). 

 I ntilthe early years of the nineteenth 

 century tin- piano retained its oblong 

 shape, and the present writer has a 

 charming example, cased in satinwood 

 delicately inlaid, made by Mu/.io 

 ( lenient i of ( hcapside about 1X05. 

 Instruments of this type are compara 

 tively common, and very charming 

 they are with their tapering legs and 

 the maker s name engrossed in flourish 

 ing letters between painted bunches of 

 roses or wreaths of sweet peas. They 

 are nearly always vaguely described as 

 spinets, which is altogether incorrect. 



So much for the historv of the 

 genesis ol the pianoforte; but one point 

 may be emphasised before passing to 



()/. DKSH.NH!) I .V SIR RnliKRT InKIMKK 



Q8. --ANH PAINTED BY MRS. TRAQUAIR. 



the grand piano as we 

 know it. Many of the great 

 makers ol harpsichords, 

 notably the Ridkers, at 

 work in Antwerp for ne.ulv 

 one hundred and fifty 

 years, were accomplished 

 artists. who made the 

 ases of their instrument^ 

 beautiful with their paint 

 ings and mottoes. It is 

 noteworthy, too, that 

 &amp;gt;ebastian Krard, who made 

 his first piano in 177- . 

 ascribed his success to his 

 early training in architec 

 ture and design. In those 

 days, at all events, beauty 

 of appearance was thought 

 as important as beaut* oi 

 tone. The first illustration 

 brings us into touch with 

 a great name in decorative 

 art, that of Sheraton. It 

 has. long been known that 

 he designed a grand piano 

 for Godoy, &quot; Prince of the 

 Peace,&quot; who presented it 



