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Henry Liston

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91:, who also directed attention to instruments developed for similar purposes by David Loeschman and William Hawkes. Liston used a series of pedals to change the pitch assigned to the keys of an ordinary keyboard, changing sharps and flats, as well as raising or lowering pitches by a major comma as required by the key of the music being performed. The first instrument was built in Edinburgh and had a separate pipe for each pitch. The second instrument was built by Flight and Robson in London, and used moveable shaders close to the mouth of the pipes in order to lower their pitch temporarily by one or two commas which reduced its cost and size, and with an improved bellows the system was the subject of a patent granted to Liston and Charles Broughton on 3 July 1810. After introducing the instrument in a session at the builder's showrooms in 1811, Liston published his "Essay on Perfect Intonation" (Edinburgh, 1812) describing its tuning, construction and operation along with a treatise on music theory and 40 pages of music . 22: 201: 287: 272: 292: 277: 94:
Liston also patented an improved plough on 23 September 1813, claiming a special shape and an inclined wheel, which was locally used. He wrote the article "Music" for the
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Liston invented a special pipe organ he called the "Euharmonic Organ." It had a tuning with 58 pitches in the space of an octave for performing music in
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The graves of the Liston family at Ecclesmachan. The main stone was erected in memory of Henry Liston who was minister of the parish for 43 years.
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Liston married Margaret Ireland on 21 October 1793, and was father to the famous surgeon
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This article about a Scottish engineer, inventor or industrial designer is a
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Liston died suddenly on 24 February 1836 at Merchison Hall,
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Also published 2001 2001 by House of Stratus, London
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