For pianists in the 18th century, a warm-up focused on developing strong, independent fingers, as was standard for the harpsichord and clavichord before it. With the piano's arrival around 1700, the focus was less on the full arm weight technique used today and more on maintaining a still hand with lifted fingers. | History In Pictures

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