How much you know about a piano? What about the history of piano? Piano originated around the year 1700 in Florence, Italy. Florence is the capital city of Tuscany, a central region of Italy, and the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance.
In 1709, the “pianoforte” was first revealed as the invention of an Italian harpsichord maker named Bartolomeo Cristofori. Cristofori based his new design on the wooden frame of a harpsichord and implemented a unique keyboarding mechanism that was similar to that of a clavichord.
In 1709, the “pianoforte” was first revealed as the invention of an Italian harpsichord maker named Bartolomeo Cristofori. Cristofori based his new design on the wooden frame of a harpsichord and implemented a unique keyboarding mechanism that was similar to that of a clavichord.
Cristofori, Inventor of the Piano
Since its inception, the instrument we know today as the piano has had many innovators over the past 300 years who have shaped its functionality, appearance and sound. But even this does not tell the complete story of piano history, whose origins trace back to the first air-powered and stringed instruments developed and used in ancient civilizations.
In the period lasting from about 1790 to 1860, the Mozart-era piano underwent tremendous changes that led to the modern form of the instrument. The link below will give you all some idea about the deveploment of piano.
Take This Musical Journey Back to the 15th Century and Meet the Original Piano Keyboard Family
Modern pianos come in two basic configurations: the grand piano and the upright piano.
GRAND PIANO
Grand pianos are was built since sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Around 1700, Bartolomeo Cristofori experimented with creating a harpsichord that could play music more expressively, and devised an action that struck the strings with hammers, differing from harpsichords that plucked the strings with quills.
To know more about the history of grand piano, click the link below.
A Grand Piano
Upright/Vertical Piano
The first attempts to create a vertical piano were between 1735 and 1745. Italian Domenico Del Mela designed a vertical piano in 1739 using a simple action design.
Link for the history of vertical piano:
http://www.bestpianolessons.com/piano-history/vertical-piano-history.html
A Vertical Piano
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