History of Piano

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Changed: 1c1

A piano is a musical instrument with keyboard. It has strings which are stuck by hammers when the keys are depressed.

A piano is a musical instrument with a keyboard. It has strings which are stuck by hammers when one or more of its 88 keys are depressed.

Changed: 3c3

It is said to have been invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori, who originally called it a "gravicembalo col piano e forte" -- a large harpsichord with soft and loud. "Pianoforte" stuck as the name for the instrument.

It is said to have been invented by [Bartolomeo Cristofori]?, who originally called it a "gravicembalo col piano e forte" -- a large harpsichord? with soft and loud. "Pianoforte" stuck as the name for the instrument.

Changed: 5c5

Early pianos had wooden frames, two strings per note, and deerskin-covered hammers. The development of the modern piano owes much to the collaboration between Beethoven and the English firm of Broadwood: as Beethoven grew progressively more deaf, the instruments that Broadwood sent him grew progressively larger, louder, and more robustly constructed -- iron frames, three strings per note, the modern felt-covered hammer.

Early pianos had wooden frames, two strings per note, and deerskin-covered hammers. The development of the modern piano owes much to the collaboration between Beethoven and the English firm of Broadwood: as Beethoven grew progressively more deaf, the instruments that Broadwood sent him grew progressively larger, louder, and more robustly constructed -- iron frames, three strings per note, the modern felt-covered hammer.

Changed: 7c7,9

Much great music has been written for the piano...

Much great music has been written for the piano... A person who plays a piano is known as a pianist.