<p><strong>CONTENTS</strong></p> <ul> <li>Introduction.</li> <li>General construction of the piano and something of its evolution and history,</li> <li>Technical Names and Uses of the Parts of the Upright Action,</li> <li>Action of the Square Piano. Action of the Grand Piano. Manual for Removing the Square and Grand Piano Actions,</li> <li>Regulating and Repairing. Faults in Pianos aside from the Action and their Remedies. Regulating and Repairing the Upright Action,</li> <li>Regulating and Repairing the Square Action. Miscellaneous Repairs,</li> <li>The Study and Practice of Piano Tuning,</li> <li>The Temperament. Beats, Waves, Pulsations. The New System of Temperament. The Octave. The Fifth. Pitch. Diagram of the Fischer System of Temperament,</li> <li>Specific Manual in Setting Temperament. The Continuous Mute,</li> <li>Theory of the Temperament. Equal Temperament. Unequal Temperament,</li> <li>Technique or Modus Operandi in Piano Tuning. Manipulation of the Tuning Hammer. Setting the Mutes or Wedges in the Upright Piano. Setting the Mutes or Wedges in the Square Piano,</li> <li>Mathematics of the Tempered Scale. Rationale of the Temperament. Proposition I,</li> <li>Rationale of the Temperament, Concluded. Proposition II. Proposition III. Numerical Comparison of the Diatonic with the Tempered Scale. Various Mathematical Tables and Examples,</li> <li>Miscellaneous Topics Pertaining to the Practical Work of Tuning. Cause of the Beats. Finishing up the