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| Grand Piano, 1722 Maker: Bartolomeo Cristofori, Florence, Italy |
| photo by Hugh Talman |
| This is one of three existing instruments by the inventor Cristofori, keeper of musical instruments for the Medici Court in Florence. His revolutionary invention was described as a "gravicembalo col piano e forte", or "harpsichord with soft and loud". This later was reduced to "pianoforte", then "fortepiano", and finally just "piano". |
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