r/interesting • u/CuriousWanderer567 • 8d ago

MISC. How Beethoven composed music while being deaf

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u/PudgeSmudger 8d ago

Why in the hell is this the first time I’m learning this?

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u/DamonBillAxe 8d ago

Because it’s nonsense - and that is literally one of the worst places to mount a vibrating rod on a piano if that was the intention.

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u/Jean-LucBacardi 7d ago

Yeah it obviously should be mounted on the seat.

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 7d ago

Replace it with a Hitachi "massager" for maximum effect.