Piano
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A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are pressed, activating an action mechanism where hammers strike strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys—with th
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The 1726 Cristofori piano in the Musikinstrumenten-Museum in Leipzig
Bartolomeo Cristofori
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Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco was an Italian maker of musical instruments famous for inventing the piano.
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…to how forcefully or softly the player presses or strikes the keys, unlike the pipe organ and harpsichord. The invention of the piano is credited to Bartolomeo Cristofori of Padua, Italy, who was employed by Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, as the Keeper of the Instruments. Cristofori was an expert harpsichord…
Photo of a 1726 portrait of Bartolomeo Cristofori. The original was lost in the Second World War.
The 1720 Cristofori piano in the Metropolitan Museum in New York
The 1722 Cristofori piano in the Museo nazionale degli strumenti musicali in Rome