Question #1: OBSCURE FACTS:

In 1824, Johann Pramberger, a Viennese piano maker, designed and patented what?

Copper wound strings
A metal soundboard
A piano without a pinblock
Center pin lube derived from hard boiled eggs

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Question #2: HISTORY:

In 1934, during the depths of the Great Depression, piano sales languished at low volume until one unique design concept accounted for nearly doubling sales the following year. What was the design concept?

The cup holder
Thumb tacks in the hammers
Glow-in-the-dark hammers
The spinet

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Question #3: NOMENCLATURE:

What is a Schifferklavier?

A small black and white German dog
A harmonica
An accordion
A German card shark

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Question #4: WHAT'S THIS THING?



Jimi Hendrix's first guitar
Al Capone's violin
A Hurdy-Gurdy
Whitney's first draft of the cotton gin

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Question #5: PIANO HISTORY:

The Steinway design feature shown in this picture was copied immediately by every major competitor. Name it.


Newly discovered 12 note octave
Plate modeled after Swiss cheese
Over stringing the bass
The new coffin shape for a piano