On This Day!

[Joy]

1655 -- The Italian harpsichord maker credited with inventing the piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori, is born in Padua.

I thought the pianists on this forum would enjoy this one!

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[Nightklavier]

Cheers for Cristofori! Now all we need is Silbermann on the scenes and Mozart and Clementi can get things started.

[Peter]

Yes and here is an intereting link where you can hear the world's oldest piano
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/09/..._89.4.1219.htm


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[Rod]

Originally posted by Peter:
Yes and here is an intereting link where you can hear the world's oldest piano
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/09/..._89.4.1219.htm

I've just downloaded the two Scarlatti tracks. I like the andante, though the fugue is forgetable, at least played as it is here.

The piano sounds musical though a little rough as one might expect. The tone slightly muted in these tracks compared to what I was expecting, though this could just be the result of the recording, or perhaps there is a mute stop on the instrument.

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"If I were but of noble birth..." - Rod Corkin

[Joy]

How interesting! Looks like the piano I got to to play while I was at the Beethoven's Museum in San Jose, California only an older version. Sounded a lot like the harpischord. Too bad there weren't more songs to hear, enjoyed those a lot, could have heard more!

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