Bartolomeo De Francesco Cristofori
1655-1731
Italian harpsichord maker credited with inventing the piano, which he called a "harpsichord that plays soft [piano] and loud [forte]" (c.
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Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731), a harpsichord maker for a Florentine duke, built the world's first piano. He later made several technical alterations to improve the instrument's acoustics that have...
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Bartolomeo De Francesco Cristofori
Bartolomeo Cristofori