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The shop of a harpsichord maker
Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori had built harpsichords, however he discovered that hapsichords only reach a ceartain volume, its softness and loudness could not be varied while playing -
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over the years
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Birth of the piano
Bartolomeo developed the harpsichord into the piano -
The physical attributes to the piano were fixed
Johann Andreas Stein (1728-1792), who was also a former apprentice of Silberman from 1749 to 1750, went on to develop the Viennese actionin 1772. The hammers are centred to a metal spring clip fixture onthe keys called a Kapsel with the heads of the hammers towards theplayer and the shanks being set horizontally and parallel to the keys. -
Creation of the upright piano
created by Johann Schmidt of Salzburg, Austria -
Improvement in pitch and sound
The typical compass for the piano was now six octaves, by this time the piano may be said to have taken over from the harpsichord in popularity. -
Upright piano improved
Thomas Loud of London improved the upright piano by running the strings diagonally -
Industrial Revolution
the adaptations and inventions in the industrial revolution helped to improve the sound of the piano -
Steinway piano firm was founded
Steinweg changed its name to Steinway of America and the Steinway piano firm was founded. Steinway is one of the most famous piano making firms in America. -
First automatic player piano patented
the first automatic pkayer piano was patented by Edward H. Leveaux of England -
Player piano using electricity
William Fleming recieved a patent to use electricity in a player piano
