THE EARLIEST ANCESTOR of the modern piano is generally considered to be the instrument described in a 1700 inventory of the Florentine court as an arpicembalo che fa il piano e il forte (literally, the "harpsichord that can play quietly and loudly") and credited to Bartolomeo Cristofori, a Paduan harpsichord builder in the employ of a Medici prince.
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Steinway piano, Piano, Construction, Piano, constructionEdition | Availability |
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88 Keys - the Making of a Steinway Piano
2006, Leonard Corporation, Hal
in English
1574673955 9781574673951
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88 Keys - the Making of a Steinway Piano
2006, Leonard Corporation, Hal
in English
1574673963 9781574673968
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88 Keys - The Making of a Steinway Piano
October 15, 2006, Amadeus Press
Hardcover
in English
- New Ed edition
1574671529 9781574671520
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88 Keys - the Making of a Steinway Piano
2006, Leonard Corporation, Hal
in English
1574673971 9781574673975
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"THE EARLIEST ANCESTOR of the modern piano is generally considered to be the instrument described in a 1700 inventory of the Florentine court as an arpicembalo che fa il piano e il forte (literally, the "harpsichord that can play quietly and loudly") and credited to Bartolomeo Cristofori, a Paduan harpsichord builder in the employ of a Medici prince."
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