You may not have known I was pregnant for several reasons. 1  You canât see me so you couldnât tell I that was already having problems tying my shoes. 2  It never really came up in a blog post. 3  With a couple miscarriages under my belt, I take my time on making baby announcements.
The story is told that Beethoven cut off the legs of the piano so he could hear the vibrations of the piano. This is perhaps not necessarily true, as many pianos of the time were made with removable legs so they could be carried into the various courts of the kings and emperors for performances.
In 1825, Alpheus Babcock of Boston invented, developed, and patented the one-piece cast-iron frame, which allowed the frame to sustain the nearly 40,000 pounds of string tension and therefore let the piano produce a more powerful and sustained sound. It also allowed makers to use thicker strings, especially in the lower register of the piano. It further eliminated the need for the instrument to have a closed bottom, which until then had helped structural firmness. The 340-pound one-piece cast-iron frame was a major development in the history of the piano. Pedals The Piano Pedals The Pedals