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在欧洲过冬,风光旖旎的阿尔卑斯山毫无疑问是最好的去处。瑞士的布郎伍德(Braunwald)村是阿尔卑斯的一个滑雪基地,遍布的别墅和旅馆成为当地的一大特色,到处都弥散着浓重的怀旧情调。在众多的古旧陈列中,我发现了一架极其特殊的“自动钢琴”(pianola)。这是一架英国产的 HUPFELD 牌钢琴,1895年,德国人在上面加设了一套机械装置,演奏时只要把“曲谱”——轴打孔纸带展开绷在一根与抽气机构连通的管子上,踩动充气踏板,压缩空气就会穿过疏密长短各异的小孔,驱动锤头撞击琴弦,使琴弦发出与人手操作一样丰富细腻的声音来。更令人惊奇的是,纸带可以根据演奏者当场的演奏实况被打孔记录下来,从而在以后
Winter in Europe, the beautiful scenery of the Alps is undoubtedly the best place to go. The Swiss village of Braunwald, a skiing base in the Alps, is home to villas and hotels, all over the country, full of nostalgia. Among the numerous old displays, I found an extremely special “pianola”. This is a British-made HUPFELD pianos, in 1895, the Germans added a set of mechanical devices above, as long as the performance of the “score ” - shaft perforated tape stretched stretch in a and exhaust Body connected to the tube, step on the inflatable pedal, the compressed air will pass through the different sizes of holes, drive the hammer strikes the strings, the strings issued by the human hands as rich and delicate voice. Even more surprising is that the tape can be perforated according to the actual performance of the player on the spot recorded, so after