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Question by  faires (19)

What is the history of the piano?

When was the first piano made, and who made it?

 
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Answer by  Olive (1195)

Italian inventor Bartolomeo Cristofor was the first to be successful at creating what is now known as the piano around 1720-he was the first to succeed at improving the harpsichord.

 
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Answer by  Tofurkey (11)

Although keyboard instruments such as harpsichords and clavichords were invented in the 1600s, The modern piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in the late 1600 or 1700s.

 
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Answer by  Dixie82 (103)

The modern piano was made around the end of the 17th century in Italy, by a man named Bartolomeo Christofori. "Piano" is a shorted name for the instrument "Pianoforte".

 
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Answer by  mrjoshx (89)

The first piano was believed to have been invented around the year 1700 by Bartolomeo Cristofori, who was the keeper of the instruments for the prince of Tuscany.

 
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Answer by  frozendilemma (36)

Bartolomeo Cristofori was the inventor of Piano and he had some great experience with stringed instruments and he was the keeper of instruments so thats why he had some knowledge about intruments while taking care of them. But its not clear when exactly he invented the frist piano but it was in 1700s.

 
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