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   How did the piano get its name?

   • As you may have noticed, the phrase ‘produces soft and loud’ in the Italian is ‘che fa’ il piano, e il forte’. And that’s where the piano gets its name from, because it can play both piano and forte. A piano made by Bartolomeo Cristofori.

   Who invented the piano – and why does nobody remember him?

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   What does piano mean?

   • piano (n.) "percussion musical instrument in which tones are produced by blows of hammers upon stretched strings, the hammers being operated from a keyboard," 1803, from French piano (18c.), Italian piano, shortened forms of pianoforte (q.v.).

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   Why was the piano invented?

   • The invention of the piano represents a remarkable chapter in the history of musical instruments. It marked a revolutionary departure from its predecessors, the harpsichord and clavichord, by introducing the ability to control volume and expressiveness through a keyboard instrument.

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   Is piano a French word?

   • Italian piano (adj.) ultimately is from Latin planus "flat, smooth, even," later "soft" (from PIE root *pele- (2) "flat; to spread"). Also fortepiano. pianist (n.) "a performer on the pianoforte," 1822, from French pianiste, from Italian pianista; see piano + -ist. Earlier in English in the French form, pianiste (1816).

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   Jun 9, 2020 · piano (adv.) musical instruction, "softly, with little force or loudness," 1680s, from Italian piano, which is ultimately is from Latin planus "flat, smooth, even," later "soft" (from PIE root *pele- (2) "flat; to spread"). also from 1680s.

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     piano 뜻: 피아노; "키보드에서 망치로 늘어진 줄에 타격을 가해 음을 내는 타악기 악기," 1803년...

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     Signification de piano: piano; "Instrument de musique à...

   • Deutsch (German)

     "Schlaginstrument, bei dem Töne durch Hammerschläge auf...

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   The word was in musical spheres already a familiar one: piano has been used in English as a direction in music to mean "at a soft volume" since the late 17th century. Of course, forte too was already a word in its own right, having the meaning "at a loud volume."

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   The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, ... to design a piano in the harpsichord case—the origin of the "grand". This ...

   • Developed: Early 18th century

   • Inventor(s): Bartolomeo Cristofori

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   piano, a keyboard musical instrument having wire strings that sound when struck by felt-covered hammers operated from a keyboard. The standard modern piano contains 88 keys and has a compass of seven full octaves plus a few keys.

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   The history of the piano goes back three full centuries when an Italian harpsichord builder named Bartolomeo Cristofori produced a breakthrough technological advance – a new mechanism for the harpsichord which gave it the ability to be played with dynamic variations.

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   Nov 20, 2023 · The piano, as we know it today, owes its creation to Bartolomeo Cristofori, an Italian instrument maker, and his development of the “gravicembalo col piano e forte” or “harpsichord with soft and loud” in the early 18th century.

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   May 8, 2019 · How did the piano get its name? As you may have noticed, the phrase ‘produces soft and loud’ in the Italian is ‘che fa’ il piano, e il forte’. And that’s where the piano gets its name from, because it can play both piano and forte. A piano made by Bartolomeo Cristofori. Picture: DeAgostini/Getty Images