Why not 44, or 200? Let’s go back to the days before the piano, when composers wrote for the harpsichord, which has just 60 keys, and each key is its own note, its own sound. Around 1700 ...

Before the piano was invented, composers wrote a lot of music for the harpsichord, which has just 60 keys. This meant that everything they wrote was limited to the harpsichord’s five-octave range. But ...

the acoustic piano (also known as the pianoforte), has been around since 1700? Bartolomeo Cristofori of Padua, Italy, is credited for its design, which evolved from the harpsichord. You can still ...

Then, it was named “gravicembalo col piano e forte” which translates to “harpsichord with soft and loud,” a name which literally described the instrument’s function. The harpsichord ...

Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the piano around the year 1700 after he wanted an instrument with more volume control than the harpsichord. One of Cristofori's three surviving pianos is at the Metr ...