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Piano and Celesta.

The use of a piano in the orchestra (apart from pianoforte concertos)
belongs almost entirely to the Russian school [5]. The object
is two-fold: the quality of tone, either alone, or combined with

Table D.
Pizzicato.

The black notes are dry and hard, without resonance, and should only be
used when doubled with the wood-winds.

* Table E.
Glockenspiel, celesta, xylophone.

*) This note is often missing.

that of the harp, is made to imitate a popular instrument, the guzli,
(as in Glinka), or a soft peal of bells. When the piano forms part
of an orchestra, not as a solo instrument, an upright is preferable
to a grand, but today the piano it is gradually being superseded by
the celesta, first used by Tschaikovsky. In the celesta, small steel
plates take the place of strings, and the hammers falling on them
produce a delightful sound, very similar to the glockenspiel. The
celesta is only found in full orchestras; when it is not available
it should be replaced by an upright piano, and not the glockenspiel.