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Beethoven Center The Beethoven Center, located on the fifth floor of the MLK library, holds many historical artifacts and background on Beethoven and his time period. The center was much smaller than what I had originally anticipated. However, I was able to learn a lot of new facts that fascinated me about Beethoven during the visit. The person conducting the presentation for the class seems to be highly educated about Beethoven’s entire life. It was nice to hear her play different pieces by Beethoven and other composers on the various instruments that they had available at the center. I was also surprised by the fact that the center had an original manuscript by Beethoven and replicas of many of the different instruments he played with during his time. Prior to the visit to the Beethoven Center, I …show more content…
We were allowed to touch some of the different instruments that were remade for the purpose of display. However, since the two piano that originated from Vienna, and London were built in the 1800s and are similar to the ones Beethoven had, we were not allowed to them. The other three instruments that we were allowed to try out included the clavichord, harpsichord, and fortepiano. I tinkered around with the clavichord and harpsichord to see how they keys differ from the pianos that I am familiar with. The clavichord was made out of wood and had a soft dynamic. Up close, we could see the strings that are attracted to each key. The harpsichord, on the other hand, had two keyboards. When I tried touching the keys to push it down, I noticed that there was a bit of resistance, because we need to press on the keys enough for the pin to strike the string. Overall, the visit to the Beethoven Center was astonishing. From seeing and hearing the different instruments being played to learning about the history of Beethoven, it has opened me up to learning more about other musicians and

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