F. L. Young
inventor of the "Metrostyle"
inventor of the Metrostyle
Biography
F. L. Young invented the "Metrostyle" in 1901, a system of markings applied to player-piano music rolls that enabled the amateur performer to follow the composer's intention as to the proper metronomic rendering of a composition. No further biographical information is given. Young is identified in an illustration caption as the inventor of the Metrostyle, a player-piano expression device dated 1901. The accompanying diagram shows the internal mechanism of the device, but no further biographical detail about Young is given in the text.
Highlights
- Invented the "Metrostyle" in 1901, letting amateur players follow the composer's intended tempo
- Invented the Metrostyle player-piano expression device, 1901
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 161.
Public domain.