Bartolomeo
di Francesco Cristofori invented the piano forte. One of the most popular instruments of today. He was born in northern Italian city of Padua on May 4,
1655. He was a harpsichord maker and curator that worked for Prince Ferdinand
de' Medici in Florence, Italy from 1690 until his death in 1731. During this
time he began his work on the arpicembalo che fail piano e il forte, or “the
harpsichord that can play quietly and loudly." This became the stepping
stone on which he eventually created the first piano in about 1705 which he
called the gravecembalo col piano e forte or “the clavichord with soft and
loud." Eventually the name shortened to Pianoforte. He made about twenty
pianos during 1709-1726.
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