John Weeks Moore

“ Independent of the execution of the music, which is produced by the actual pressure of her fingers upon the keys, all her motions were elegant and graceful, and se nearly imitating life, that, even on a near approach, the deception could hardly be discovered. ”

“ In constructing his pipe and tabor player, M. Vaucanson made some discoveries which he little thought of ; and among the rest, that this kind of flute is one of the most fatiguing instruments to the lungs of the performer. In order to produce the highest note of the instrument, the muscles of the chest of a living performer must make an effort equal to fifty-six pounds, for such was the weight with which he found it necessary to load the pair of bellows which supplied the air for this tone in the machine. ”