Pianos are the musical instruments that produce rhythm when they are played according to their specified process. The first piano was made in London in year 1766 and it was made by Sebastien Erard. He dedicated his life in the making and improving the technicality of the piano. In the technical process the previous model were lacking in good features. The popularity was abreast with the innovations made in the device. It underwent a lot of modifications and then according to the change in technology the innovations led to a higher stage. Over the years the piano has gained become popular very much. At the beginning they used to come in a model that had only one pedal and five octaves. Then with the inventions of the modern pianos and digital pianos it gained popularity.

Innovations led to popularity

There are many types of pianos like square pianos, modern pianos, silence pianos and digital pianos. The first invention was by Bartolomeo Cristofori. Then a lot of modifications and improvement led its way to gain popularity. As the innovations were in progress many people those who were mainly the music lovers were attracted to such modifications and they learned and played with great interest. The interest gradually generated in a lot of people and people craved for listening to such music. When these tunes were transformed in soft copies they became popular and even they were sold in CDs known to be instrumentals. Adding to the technicality it can be said that the sound or the musical rhythm produced is by striking the end of the felt hammers and the strings and thus a vibration is produced by this interaction. The musical note that is produced constitutes a nice rhythm when they are concatenated. This function remains the same in the case of pianos only there is a change in the technical process.

The innovations that were made in the piano were the main reason behind the popularity of the pianos. Many types of the pianos came to be known with the modifications but the maximum popularity was with the making of the digital pianos. The features were also very easy to follow and they were inexpensive and over the years lot of electronic modifications made in the way which added to its popularity.

Piano Tuning

Piano is delicate instrument which contains some ten thousand unique parts, and as these pianos are quite delicate they need frequent maintenance and servicing. Tuning is the most basic kind of piano maintenance. And it means adjusting the tension of each of the piano strings, using a tuning hammer to turn the tuning pins. So that the pitch of each string sounds pleasingly in harmony with every other string according to certain rules and customs. The most important cause for pianos to be tuned is the change in humidity from season to season that occurs in most temperature climates. The climate affects all the pianos whether it is old or new, good or bad, played or unplayed. Some pianos have a weak structure that actually twists slightly from season to season. These pianos go out of tune chaotically in addition to showing large seasonal variations in pitch.

Piano tuning and servicing is a very complicated process that takes a lot of training and skill to do it right. Iron made tuning is much more stable but the case and soundboard have all the propensities of wood to change in response to changes in seasonal humidity’s. So it is usual for the pianist that the instrument needs to be tuned twice a year. There are different factors which affect tuning the instrument. Some of the factors affecting the sound are inherent in the strings, case and soundboard; others are related to the human hearing apparatus. Many of the characteristics of piano sound are inexorably tied to the qualities of the individual instrument.

Functional importance of Piano

The piano is an important instrument in the western music. Since, a piano is equipped with complex and different tools of melodic and harmonic sounds, it helps facilitating of the composition of music in a significant manner. In 1872, duplexes or aliquot scales emerged. It comprised of controlling different components of vibration by tuning their secondary parts in octave relationships. This helped in more distinct undamped vibrations and thus helped to modify tones. In the early 19th century some structural changes took place which led to a more powerful, harmonious and sustained piano sound. High quality steel and accurate casting techniques for iron frame manufacture were getting innovated in that era following the Industrial Revolution.

Piano as backbone of music

Earlier, the innovation of piano was simply an outcome of the musical curiosity, exploring the undiscovered realms of music. However, later it became as one of the telepathically governed ways to interact with the soloist with the help of short and sustained chordal and melodic synchronizations. Piano gave the soloist capabilities to adjust his/her voice according to the changing patterns of rhythm, scale, octave, harmonics and tones. Since the musical range of piano could ride the waves of ever changing attributes in music, thus this instrument became the backbone in musical composing, rehearsing and orchestral accompaniment. Although piano being non-portable and expensive, yet its versatility and dynamically re-adjustable character made it the most powerful instruments in composing.