e of study the utmost effort has been made to
present the various topics in the clearest, most comprehensive manner,
literary excellence being a secondary consideration.

While the book is designed for self-instruction, the systematic
arrangement of the text, and the review questions with each lesson,
suggest its use as a text-book for schools and colleges which give
personal training in the care of the piano.

To the talented individual of either sex who is ambitious to acquire a
dignified and profitable profession, to the scientifically-inclined
musician who is eager to learn the fundamental principles underlying
all musical harmony, and finally to the non-professional who loves to
read because of a fondness for science, the book is submitted; if it
should prove a boon to the former, a benefit to the second, or a
pleasure to the latter, I shall feel rewarded for the work of its
preparation.

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

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LESSON I. 7
Introduction.

LESSON II. 11
General construction of the piano and something of its
evolution and history,

LESSON III. 20
Technical Names and Uses of the Parts of the Upright
Action,

LESSON IV. 32
Action of the Square Piano. Action of the Grand Piano.
Instructions for Removing the Square and Grand Piano
Actions,

LESSON V. 43
Regulating and Repairing. Faults in Pianos aside from
the Action and their Remedies. Regulating and Repairing
the Upright Action,

LESSON VI. 56
Regulating and Repairing the Square Action.
Miscellaneous Repairs,

LESSON VII. 66
The Study and Practice of Piano Tuning,

LESSON VIII. 72
The Temperament. Beats, Waves, Pulsations. The New
System of Temperament. The Octave. The Fifth. Pitch.
Diagram of the Fischer System of Temperament,

LESSON IX. 85
Specific Instructions in Setting Temperament. The
Continuous Mute,

LESSON X.