Grand Piano, 1720, Florence, Italy, Italian (Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Height (Total): 34 1/16 ( cm

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Grand Piano, 1720, Florence, Italy, Italian (Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Height (Total): 34 1/16 ( cm), Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Bartolomeo Cristofori was the first person to create a successful hammer-action keyboard instrument and, accordingly, deserves to be credited as the inventor of the piano. This example is the oldest of the three extant pianos by Cristofori

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