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Keyboard Corral: Hands-on Harpsichord and Piano Anatomy 101
January 4 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
WHO: Joan Peffer, Gretchen Dekker, and Mabel tang
WHEN: Drop in all day between 11 am- 3 pm, informal performances
WHERE: Classroom in Wolf Hall at York College
WHAT: See, touch, learn about, and play a clavichord and a (digital) harpsichord. Learn why a harpsichord isn’t a piano, and try a short piece on YOUR instrument – with harpsichord accompaniment! Periodic period-accurate performances of our signature festival pieces may just…break out, so come ready to jump in and play!
Did you ever wonder how the piano makes sound? What are all those PARTS you can see in there – what do they do? Let expert registered piano technician and tuner Mabel Tang take you on a journey INSIDE the piano to see how things are really put together! Check out the hammers, dampers, and pedals, and try your hand at tuning (or un-tuning) a piano string. Learn how the music is made in the GRANDEST of instruments, and then help us to DECORATE our donated instrument…