... light throughout his life, and his eyesight now began to fail him. On the advice of his friends, Bach put himself in the hands of a visiting celebrated English ophthalmic specialist, John Taylor(who also operated on Handel). Two cataract operations were performed on his eyes, and their weakening effect was aggravated by a following infection. Then, on the morning of the 28th ... up to find he could bear strong light again, and see quite clearly. The same day he had a stroke, followed by a severe fever. He died. Bach was buried in St. John's Cemetery which stood one block outside the tow...

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... the piano developed rapidly. In 1777, when Mozart was twenty-one, he adopted the piano; it determined the future of piano playing and composing.# In England, construction was started by John Broadwood & Sons, and in America, construction was started by the famous Steinway & Sons. CONSTRUCTION OF THE PIANO The five major structural and mechanical areas of the piano are: the case ... , the cast iron plate, the strings, and the keys, hammers, and other action parts. The case of a grand piano consists of the outer rim, the inner rim, braces, the cross block, the pinblock, the keybed, and the...

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