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Piano Grand piano Upright piano Keyboard instrument Hornbostel–Sachs classification 314.122-4-8 (Simple chordophone with keyboard sounded by hammers) Inventor(s) Bartolomeo Cristofori Developed Early 18th century Playing range The Well-Tempered Clavier, first prelude of Book I Played by Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka Problems playing this file? See media help. The piano is a keyboard instrument ...
- Bartolomeo Cristofori
Piano actions are complex mechanical devices which impose...
- Strings
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- List of Classical Pianists
This is an alphabetized list of notable solo pianists who...
- Fortepiano
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- Bridge
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- Sound Board
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- Piano history and musical performance
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- Social history of the piano
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- Bartolomeo Cristofori
Apr 19, 2024 · Learn about the piano, a keyboard musical instrument with wire strings and felt-covered hammers, from its invention by Cristofori to its modern forms and variations. Explore the history, types, and facts of the piano with Britannica's editors.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Piano. The piano is an acoustic, keyboard and stringed musical instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down ...
- Early 18th century
Aug 16, 2017 · Introduction. The piano, attributed to Bartolomeo Cristofori of the eighteenth century, is a popular keyboard instrument widely used in western music for solo performance, chamber music, and accompaniment, and also as a convenient aid to composing and rehearsal. The piano produces sound by striking steel strings with felt hammers.
Aug 30, 2017 · 1760 – The square piano was introduced by Johannes Zumpe in London, England. 1773 Zumpe Square Piano. 1777 – Stodard introduced the first “Grand Pianoforte”. 1780 – The Stein and Stein-Streicher piano hammer changes improved the tone of grand pianos and were preferred by many contemporary composers.
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