Who invented the first modern piano?

The first piano was made in 1709 by Bartolomeo Cristofiri (1665--1731) of Florence. The English name of the piano is Piano, Piano is short for pianoforte (harpsichord) original name: harpsichord. Its mechanical devices are: keyboard, string machines, mallets, makers, strings and pedals. Modern pianos have a seven-octave keyboard, with the lowest note being A2; a minor third is also added, with the highest note being c5 (88 keys). The first use of the piano as a solo instrument was in a performance by J.C. in England in 1768. Modern pianos are mainly categorized into upright pianos and grand pianos due to their shape and size. The grand grand pianos used in concerts are the behemoths of musical instruments, being 9 feet long and weighing up to 79 tons at their heaviest. The most expensive piano to date is a 1888 Steinway grand piano, which was auctioned off in New York in 1980 for 180,000 pounds. Pianos have long been loved by composers for their unique sound, with a full range of 88 keys. It has played an important role in almost all forms of music, including pop, rock, jazz, and classical. The piano is a keyboard instrument in which the keys are used to pull the mallets in order to strike the strings. Since the late eighteenth century, the piano has been the dominant home keyboard instrument in Europe and the United States. The piano originated in Europe in the late seventeenth century, the Italian Cristofori (Bartolommeo Cristofori) invented a keyboard instrument similar to the modern piano. It has a history of more than three hundred years to date. "Of all musical instruments, the piano is the most machine-like. It is simply a machine, a machine operated by human hands. Its dignity is not beautiful, so painters seldom let it into their paintings. However, man and machine combine, man and machine meet, it suddenly became smart! Can play the Beethoven, such as the philosopher's contemplative eloquence; play Chopin, such as poetry; play Debussy, such as painting. It was a poet, a painter, a philosopher, an agitator. It is certainly not without reason that Nietzsche, Tolstoy, and Adorno loved it and played it." "Think about it, the world without the piano, we do not have Mozart's two dozen piano concertos; there is no Beethoven's sonatas; there is no Chopin's piano poems; Debussy's 'piano paintings' can not be appreciated. How desolate and lonely the earth would be!" Mr. Xin Fengnian's discussion in 300 Years of Piano Culture not only eloquently points out the appearance, connotation and spirit of the piano, but also the indispensable social function of the piano. The reason why the piano has become the "king" in the family of musical instruments is that it is endowed by the development of human spiritual civilization and scientific and technological civilization. The emergence of the piano as a musical instrument is the demand of the human social life, and the development of the piano reflects the state of continuous development of the spiritual life of the human society from one side. Piano as a material basis for the creation of musicians to provide the conditions, musicians to create the development of the piano culture and promote the further maturation of the piano structure and function. Therefore, we say that the piano is an inseparable part of piano culture, and to understand the piano, to know the piano, has become a musician to recognize the piano culture must. It is commonly believed that the piano has a history of nearly 300 years, i.e. the predecessor of the modern piano created in 1709 by the Italian master piano maker B. Cristofori. Over the next 200 years, the piano was improved and refined to become the modern piano we see today. However, the entire evolution of the piano can be traced back to more than 600 years ago, that is, before the emergence of modern pianos, pianos have been in existence for more than 300 years, we call this stage of the piano as the ancient piano. The predecessor of the modern piano was only a qualitative development and leap from the ancient piano of 1709. Without the accumulation of the "quantity" of the development of the ancient piano, the "qualitative" leap of the ancient piano in 1709 would not have occurred. The origin of the piano can be traced back to the stringed instrument of ancient Egypt and Syracuse. The strings were added to the stringed instrument, and gradually a multi-stringed instrument was formed. The multi-stringed instruments evolved into two types of instruments. The first is a multi-stringed instrument in which the strings are plucked by the fingers to produce a sound. Later, it was combined with a keyboard to form the plectrum piano. The other one is the ancient piano that uses fingers to pluck the keys and the mallets at the end of the keys to strike the strings to pronounce the sound. These two instruments are the originators of the modern piano, so they are collectively called ancient pianos. The history of the development of this design piano, is relatively long, has been developed to our current piano, in fact, has gone through a lot of process. I simply and you say it. The specific characteristics of each piano I also briefly said 1 The distant ancestor of the piano - stringed piano Ancient Greek period, single-stringed, movable code to change the string length to change the pitch. To the late medieval Europe, the number of strings increased to 2-3, can play a variety of intervals, chords. 2 A close relative of the piano, the dulcimer has many strings. Players use both hands to take two wooden let down to play, the piano is made according to this principle, the original from the Middle East Asian Syria, the Persian ancient countries, the Middle Ages into Europe, known as the Hungarian dulcimer. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, it was introduced to China, and was first called the yangqin. (Now the Chinese dulcimer and now the piano or relatives, hehehe) 3, 16th century plectrum ancient piano 4. 17th century French Coupland-like plectrum ancient piano 5, 18 world Chris dragged whisky invention can send out strong and weak sound plectrum ancient piano. It is the prototype of our present piano. Contains 4 octaves 6. 18th century German lap steel piano, built in 1775 in southern Germany. 7. early 19th century pyramid-shaped piano. 7. Early 19th century pyramid-shaped piano with 5 octaves. 8. early 19th century 7-pedal piano. 6 octaves, 7 pedals, beginning maker pedals in addition to sounding drums, bells,. Pedals for percussion instruments such as cymbals and treble bassoon sound effects. 9. square piano of the first half of the 19th century. 6 1/2 octaves. Double pedal, double clef. 10. mechanical pianos of the late 19th century. (automatically controlled, not played by a person) Manufactured by Tommaso & Sons, London, 1885. 11. late 19th century automatic piano 12. 97-key Bessendorf Imperial grand piano, with 9 more black keys than before. 13. Bechstein piano, in the piano is equivalent to the automobile in the Mercedes-Benz. It is a brand name. 14. early 20th century Pleyel single double piano. There are two sets of strings. *** A soundboard cover and rectangular body. 15. 15. steinway piano world brand 1987 production (famous piano brand time introduction) 17. for the late deaf Beethoven special four-string line Graf piano (add strings in order to increase the volume) 18. eilard piano double escapement, double pedal 19. Chopin's late years used the Bromwood piano. 1848. One pedal for mute and one for weak notes. The pedals are larger than on any other piano. 20. The grand pianos that have come down to the old Chai residence are not so different from modern pianos.