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This week, Tidbits tickles the ivories in commemoration of National Piano Month. • Way back in the 3rd century B.C., the ancient Greeks were playing one of the earliest known keyboard instruments, the hydraulis, or water organ, witch consisted of pipes with a valve that was opened when the key was pressed, releasing air through the pipe. In the 12th century, the keyed stringed monochord was improved upon until it became the clavichord, with sound produced by striking iron strings with small metal blades. The 14th century brought the innovation of drawing wire made of iron, gold, silver, or brass through steel plates. Even Leonardo da Vinci got into the act, designing a stringed keyboard instrument in the late 1400s. Sixteenth-century harpsichords had strings that were plucked by quills when keys were pressed. • The inventor of what has become today’s well-known instrument is credited to an Italian harpsichord maker, Bartolomeo Cristofori, who, around 1700, developed the first piano. He called it “un cimbalo di cipresso di piano e forte,” which translates, “a keyboard of cypress with soft and loud.” It was later shortened to “pianoforte,” then later, just “piano.” Cristofori’s first piano had small leather-covered hammers. • Although Cristofori produced about 20 pia turn the page for more!

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PIANOS (cont’d): nos, his first love was harpsichords, and he went back to their production. Three of his original pianos survive today, including a 1720 model, with four octaves, which can be found in New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. • In the mid-1700s, the keyboard expanded to five octaves. The Industrial Revolution ushered in a more powerful piano sound, with the advent of high-quality piano wire and the casting of massive single-piece iron frames. By 1810, keyboards had six octaves, and the modern-day seven octaves by 1820. In 1826, leather and cotton hammer coverings were replaced by felt. • The piano has earned the nickname “King of the Instruments,” because of its phenomenal range. It spans from the lowest note that can be played on a double-bassoon to the highest note that can be played on a piccolo, a full orchestral range. The piano is considered a member of the percussion family because it only makes a sound when a hammer hits a string. It’s an independent instrument, meaning it can play melody and accompaniment at the same time. • About 70% of a piano is wood. There are more than 12,000 parts, of which 10,000 are moving parts. Keys are generally made from hardwoods such as fir, spruce, or sugar pine. Up until the 1950s, piano keys were covered with ebony and ivory (hence, the phrase “tickle the ivories”). When the use of ivory was banned, and ebony became rare and very expensive, the switch was made to plastic. • The term “grand” was first used to describe a piano in 1777. A grand piano has a horizontal frame with strings extending out from the keyboard. Different sizes have different names. A concert grand measures between 7’ 3” and 9’ 10” (2.2 to 3 m), which a parlor grand is 5’ 7” to 7’ 3” (1.7 to 2.2 m). A baby grand is about 4’ 11” (1.5 m) • An upright piano’s frame and strings are vertical. This is the type typically seen in churches, (continued on the next page)

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community centers, and schools. A studio piano is about 42 to 45 inches tall (107 to 114 cm), the shortest cabinet that can house a full-sized action above the keyboard. The spinet piano has the action below the keyboard. • Although most modern pianos have 88 keys – 52 white and 36 black – the Austrian Bosendorfer company’s Imperial concert grand has nine extra bass keys. • The lower notes of a piano each have two strings, but the majority of the keys’ hammers strike three strings each time a note is played. This accounts for the fuller sound of the piano as opposed to a harpsichord, on which a single string is plucked. There are a total of 230 strings to accommodate the 88 keys. Each string has about 165 pounds of tension. The greater the tension of the string, the better the sound quality and the louder the sound. • Because thicker strings vibrate at a lower rate than a thin string, they produce lower pitches. • Although we refer to the “C” closest to the middle of the keyboard as “middle C”, it’s not the exact middle of the keyboard. That is actually the space between E and F above “middle C.” • The name Engelhard Steinweg might not be familiar, but his company certainly is. In 1853, Steinweg Americanized his name to Henry E. Steinway and his family received their first piano patent in 1857. They began building pianos one by one. The Steinway is the choice of 98% of concert pianists. A new Steinway 9-ft. concert grand will set you back between $160,000 and $200,000. • At one time, the honor of world’s longest grand piano belonged to an 11’8”-long (3.58m) instrument manufactured by the Charles H. Challen Company in 1935. It weighed over 2 tons. In 2005, at age 16, New Zealand teenager Adrian Mann decided to build a piano entirely (continued on next page)

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This week, let’s have a look at the artichoke, a member of the Asteraceae family. • Botanically, the artichoke is a perennial plant that is part of the thistle family, with its origins in the Mediterranean. In ancient Greece it was known as “Ankinara,” and was heralded for its medicinal qualities. Greek author Homer mentioned it in his writings in the 8th century B.C. As a food, it was consumed only by wealthy citizens, and poor people were not allowed to eat them. • Artichokes were introduced to France, the Netherlands, and England in the 1500s, and were brought to the United States in the 19th century in the 1800s by French and Spanish immigrants. However, they weren’t widely grown in America until the 20th century. The ancients believed that eating artichokes would secure the birth of a male child to a pregnant woman. • The artichoke plant grows to a height of 4.6 to 6.6 feet (1.4 – 2 m) tall, and can spread up to 9 feet (2.74 m) in diameter. An artichoke is really just a flower bulb that hasn’t bloomed, and if it’s left alone, a lovely pink or purple flower, 7 inches (17.8 cm) in diameter, will appear out of the globe. Each flower head has silvery-green leaves 20 to 32 inches (50 to 82 cm) long. The part of this vegetable that we eat is actually the bud, with the fleshy heart at the end of each leaf petal. • The average artichoke plant produces about 20 artichokes a year. • Artichokes are the primary flavor of a popular Italian liqueur called Cynar. This 33-proof dark brown liqueur, launched in 1952, has a bittersweet flavor, and is usually mixed with orange juice. • The world’s top artichoke producer is Italy, followed by Spain, France, and Egypt. Nearly all of the United States’ artichoke crop is pro(continued on next page)

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