 | 1894 - 792 pages
...a narrow band of cloth interlaced with the strings, which also damped the longer section as soon us the player allowed the key to rise and the tangent to fall. The tangent not onlv produced the tones, but served as a second bridge with which to measure off the vibrating... | |
 | Music - 1879 - 786 pages
...the top (Fig. 3). The tangent, when the key was put down, rose to the string and pressing it upwards set it in vibration. With a good touch the player...tangent to fall. The tangents thus not only produced the tonee n à bot served as a second bridge to measure off the rifcrating lengths required for the pitch... | |
 | George Grove - Music - 1880 - 778 pages
...the strings, which also damped the longer section nirectly the player allowed the key to rise and'the tangent to fall. The tangents thus not only produced...to measure off the vibrating lengths required for the pitch of the notes. Thus a delicate tone was obtained that had something in it charmingly hesitating... | |
 | Music - 1890 - 790 pages
...the top (Fig. 3). The tangent, when the key was put down, rose to the string and pressing it upwards set it in vibration. With a good touch the player...fall. The tangents thus not only produced the tones о fi but «erved as a second bridge to measure off the vibrating lengths required for the pitch of... | |
 | Morris Steinert - Music - 1900 - 358 pages
...a narrow band of cloth interlaced with the strings, which also damped the longer section as soon as the player allowed the key to rise and the tangent to fall. The tangent thus not only produced the tones, but served as a bridge to measure off the vibrating lengths... | |
 | Edgar Stillman Kelley, National Federation of Music Clubs - Music instruments - 1925 - 264 pages
...upright position, was placed a small brass wedge, or "tangent," about an inch high and an eighth of an inch broad at the top. The tangent, when the key was...second bridge to measure off the vibrating lengths as the frets of the Lute required for the pitch of the notes. Thus a delicate tone was obtained that... | |
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The tangent, when the key was put down, rose to the string and pressing it upward, set it in vibration. With a good touch the player could feel the elasticity of the string, and the more this was felt the better the instrument was considered to be. By... 