Recording of Piano Tuning: A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs by Jerry Cree Fischer.
Read in English by James R. Hedrick.
This is a primer for anyone wishing to learn how to tune and maintain their own piano or to become a piano tuner. Written in 1907, it was targeted at a definite need for additional piano maintenance professionals in those days when pianos were almost ubiquitous. In addition, there are several chapters dealing with the theory and application of temperaments which will be of interest to any serious student of music. Please note that Concert Pitch as used in the book equates to A-454, considerably higher than today's standard of A-440.- Summary by JHedrick

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section 0 of piano tuning a simple and accurate method for amateurs this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org piano tuning a simple and accurate method for amateurs by j cree jerry cree fisher preface

for some years past a lack of competent men in the profession of piano tuning has been generally acknowledged this may be accounted for as follows the immense popularity of the piano and the assiduous efforts of factories and salesmen have led to the result that nearly every well-to-do household is furnished with an instrument to supply this demand the annual production and sale for the year 1906 is estimated at 300 000 pianos in the united states these pianos must be tuned many times in the factory before they are shipped to the sales room there they must be kept in tune until sold when finally they take up their permanent abode in the homes of the purchasers they should be given the attention of the tuner at least twice a year this means work for the tuner but this is not all presuming that the average life of the piano is about 50 years it is evident that there exists in this country an accumulation of instruments variously estimated at from four to five millions this means more work for tuners while production and accumulation have been increasing there has been little if any effort made to provide tuners to look after the needs of this ever increasing number of instruments no provision for the thorough instruction of the learner of piano tuning outside the walls of the factories and of the few musical colleges where the art is taught doubtless there are many persons who are by nature well adapted to this agreeable and profitable occupation persons who would make earnest effort to acquire the necessary skill and its honest application if they had a favorable opportunity musical colleges in which tuning is taught are few and far between piano factories are built for the purpose of producing pianos and not tuners for mechanics and laborers and not for teachers and pupils furthermore very little fine tuning is done in the factory rough tuning is the bulk of the work there and a long apprenticeship in the factory with its meager advantages is rarely sufficient to meet the demands of the would-be thorough tuner this may account in part for the fact that many who are incompetent are following this profession and that there is an increasing demand for tuners of skill in view of these facts the author came to the opinion that if a course of instruction were prepared which would demonstrate clearly the many abstruse details of the art in an interesting and comprehensible way it would be appreciated by those who are desirous to learn acting upon this impulse he began the preparation of such a course the present book is the outgrowth of a course of instruction used successfully with pupils from various parts of the united states and canada conducted partly by correspondence partly at the school directed by the author although it has been necessary to revise the course somewhat for publication in the present form no essential matter has been omitted and much has been added in preparing this course of...

Our next great chapter from A Solemn Vow and Promise from Anne of Green Gables Ch 12 Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's novel.
Welcome to a classic American teen novel about an orphan making her way with a new family.

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the boy who rode into the sunset by cj dennis this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.com recording by ruth golding the boy who rode into the sunset by cj dennis once upon a time it was not so very long ago either a little boy named neville lived with his people in a house which was almost in the country that is to say it was just at the edge of the city and at the back of the house was a rather large hill which was quite bald neville who was fond of playing by himself would often wander to the top of the bald hill and if he stood right on top of it and looked one way toward the east he could see right over the city with all its tall buildings and domes and spires and smoking chimneys but looking the other way to the west he could see for miles over the beautiful country with its green fields and orchards and white roads and little farmhouses one evening neville was playing alone on the top of the hill when he noticed that one of the very finest sunsets he had ever seen was just coming on the sky in the west a way over the broad country lands was filled with little clouds of all sorts and shapes and they were just beginning to take on the most wonderful colors neville had often before amused himself with watching clouds and the strange shapes into which they changed themselves sometimes like great mountain ranges sometimes like sea waves and very often like elephants and lions and seals and all manner of interesting things of that sort but never before had he been able to make out so many animal shapes in the clouds the sky was almost as good as a zoo there were kangaroos and elephants and a hen with chickens and wallabies and rabbits and a funny man with large ears and all sorts of other peculiar shapes the sun was sinking behind a distant range of hills where a golden light shone out as if through a gateway it was so much like a great golden gateway that neville fell to wondering what might be found on the other side of it suddenly right in the middle of all the colored clouds he saw one little cloud which was perfectly white and as he watched it he noticed that it seemed to be shaped like a small horse a very small horse it seemed at that distance but as neville gazed it grew bigger and bigger just as if it were coming toward him very fast and he was almost certain he could see its legs moving that startled him a little and so he rubbed his eyes to make sure that they were not playing him tricks when he looked again he was more startled than ever for the little white cloud was no longer a cloud but a little white horse in real earnest besides it had just left the sky and was galloping down the mountain range which he could see away in the west in two minutes it had left the range and was coming across the fields towards him jumping the fences dodging under the trees and racing across the plain with its white mane and tail tossing as it came it seemed to be making straight for him he was not really frightened you must not think that about him but he was just beginning to wonder if it were not nearly time to go home to dinner when he noticed that the white horse had stopped just at the foot of the bald hill it was looking up at him tossing its head and pouring the ground the most beautiful white horse that he had ever seen even in a circus then it appeared to get over its excitement and began to trot quietly up the hill toward him i do not think anyone would have blamed neville if he had decided then to go home to dinner at once but he was rather a brave boy and he was certainly very curious so he just stood...

Let's hear all about Simple Simon today in a very special short story from the Tale Teller Kids' Club.
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Welcome to our lovely Library for Families and Young Children. We have 100s of amazing short stories to keep young minds active and get imaginations going. This is a short five-minute tale.

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A talking book recording of this classic American novel about an orphan rehomed.

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Will the apology be enough? Let's listen and find out how our orphan girl can make amends.

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A really short three-minute reading that will keep attention spans engaged. A very famous story that you can listen to on our phone apps as well as computers.
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We love little animal stories at the Tale Teller Kids Club, especially fluffy ones with whiskers.
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perez the mouse by louis coloma this is the librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by c m slauson perez the mouse by louisa loma translated by lady morton perez the mouse adapted from the spanish of padre louis loma by lady morton

once upon a time there lived a king called bubby the first who was very kind to poor children and mice for the children he built a factory for making dolls and cardboard horses for the benefit of the mice he made wise laws to stop cats catching them and absolutely forbade the use of mouse traps bobby began to reign when he was only six years old under the care of his mother who was very good and clever and who watched over him and guided his steps as good children are guided by their guardian angel bubby was a darling little boy and when on great days they put on his gold crown in his embroidered robes the gold of his crown was not brighter than his hair nor the er mine of his robe softer than his cheeks and hands he was just like a little dresden china figure which had been put to sit on a throne instead of standing on the chimney piece one day while the king was eating his bread and milk one of his teeth began to wobble there was a great fuss and the court doctors arrived in a hurry they were all agreed that his majesty had begun to change his teeth and at 10 length they settled to pull out the loose one they wanted the king to have laughing gas as he did when his hair was cut as he always fidgeted so but bubby was a brave little boy and made up his mind to have it out with nothing the oldest of the court doctors tied a bit of red silk around the tooth and then gave a tweak and he pulled so cleverly that while the king was making a face out came the tooth as round and white as a little pearl then there was another fuss as to what was to be done with it but bubby's mother who as we have said was a very wise queen and very loyal to old customs settled that the king should write a very polite letter and put it with the tooth in an envelope under his pillow that night which has always been the proper thing to do ever since the world began and no one has ever known perez the mouse forget to come and fetch the tooth and leave a lovely present in its place king bubby found writing that letter a dreadful task but he managed really quite well in the end and only inked all his fingers the tip of his nose his left ear his right shoe and his bib he went to bed very early that evening and ordered that all the light should be left in his room he put the envelope under his pillow and sat up in bed determined to keep awake to see perez the mouse even if he had to wait all night press the mouse was a long time coming so little king began to make up a little speech to say to him when he did arrive after a bit bubby began to open his eyes very wide fighting against the miller who was trying to make him shut them but they did shut at last and the little boy slipped down into the warm bed clothes his head on the pillow with one arm over it as a little bird tucks its head under its wing when it goes to sleep suddenly he felt something very soft just tickling his forehead and sitting up quickly he saw in front of him standing on the pillow a tiny little mouse and a straw hat and slippers and big gold spectacles a red satchel was slung across his back king bubby stared at him in astonishment and perez the mouse seeing that his majesty was awake took off his hat and made a very low bow waiting to be spoken to but the king said nothing because he had quite forgotten all he had made up to say and after thinking and thinking he faltered out at...

A story for families and listeners who love a short story to get their imaginations going. Read by our friends at Librivox.

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