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Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (Italian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmɛːo kriˈstɔːfori di franˈtʃesko]; May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments famous for inventing the piano.
- Inventor, instrument maker
- Inventor of the piano
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Sep 7, 2022 · Dobney: One of the great treasures of The Metropolitan Museum of Art is this piano built in 1720 in Florence by a man named Bartolemeo Cristofori, who was the inventor of what we now know of as the piano. And this very special piece at The Met is the earliest surviving piano from his workshop.
The first true piano was invented almost entirely by one man—Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655–1731) of Padua, who had been appointed in 1688 to the Florentine court of Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici to care for its harpsichords and eventually for its entire collection of musical instruments.
Feb 26, 2024 · Bartolomeo Cristofori was an Italian harpsichord maker generally credited with the invention of the piano, called in his time gravicembalo col piano e forte, or “harpsichord that plays soft and loud.”. The name refers to the piano’s ability to change loudness according to the amount of pressure on.
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Bartolomeo Cristofori (May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was a very famous Italian luthier, musician and maker of many musical instruments, known today as an inventor of the first piano and the men who was responsible for his popularization across Italy.
Bartolomeo Cristofori was the first person to create a successful hammer-action keyboard instrument and, accordingly, deserves to be credited as the inventor of the piano. This example is the oldest of the three extant pianos by Cristofori.
