Piano
OriginItaly
Year1700
FamilyKeyboard
About the Piano
Invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence. 88 keys spanning 7.25 octaves. Over 12,000 individual parts in a grand piano. The name comes from pianoforte meaning soft-loud. The most widely played instrument in the world with over 10 million pianos in the US alone. The iron frame can withstand 20 tons of string tension.
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