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WHEN a number of notes in different parts of the keyboard of a pianoforte are struck by means of levers actuated by a common pneumatic pressure, it appears to be the universally prevailing belief that the only variations possible are those in which the whole chord is made to sound louder or softer by increasing or decreasing the pressure. It is commonly, regarded as an impossibility to vary the relative intensities of the sounds produced by the various notes so as to make, e.g., the bass parts sound louder and the treble softer, or vice versâ.
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BRYAN, G. The Paradox of the Piano Player . Nature 67, 127 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/067127a0
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