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Find the following Musical Instruments
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History of the Piano
The story of the piano begins in Padua, Italy in 1709, in the shop of a harpsichord maker named Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori (1655-1731). Many other stringed and keyboard instruments preceded the piano and led to the development of the
instrument as we know it today.
In the ancient world, strings were attached and stretched over
bows, gourds, and boxes to amplify the sound; they were fastened by
ties, pegs and pins; and they were plucked, bowed or struck to produce sounds. Eventually, a family of stringed instruments with a keyboard evolved in Europe in the 14th century. The earliest of these was a dulcimer, a closed, shallow box over which stretched wires were struck with two wooden hammers. The dulcimer led to the development of the clavichord, and was followed by the spinet, virginal, clavecin, gravicembalo, and finally, the harpsichord in the 15th century.
The harpsichord was limited to one, unvarying volume. The desire for more controll led to the invention of the piano, on which the artist could alter the loudness and tone with the force of one’s fingers.
Cristofori’s new instrument was named gravicembalo col piano e forte (roughly “soft and loud keyboard instrument”). It was shortened to fortepiano or pianoforte, and finally piano. His earliest surviving instrument dates from 1720 and is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Despite many improvements during the past 300 years, Cristofori’s instruments are very similar to the modern piano of today.
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