| Show origin of alie piano tha pianoforte was invented by bar cristofori a harpsichord maker of padua italy who exhibited four instruments in 1709 the honor was formerly alc aimed by marins a french maker who produced a piano in 1716 while german writers maintained that schroeter sch of dresden wad the initiator of the instrument tha earliest date ascribed to the batters lat achievement however is 1711 during the present century however an italian document was discovered written by marchese maffei a florentine scholar in 1711 which testifies that cristofori of that city exhibited four kianoa in 1709 which statement was originally published in the giovale in that year accompanied by a diagram of cristoforio Cristo foria action principle employing hammega ham mera which constituted the chief difference between the harpsichord md the piano in writings cristoforio Cristo foris name k given a Cris but this is to be an error because upon ex pianofortes piano fortes give fhe name as cristofori father wood an monk living at borne is also aid to have made a pianoforte similar to cristoforio Cristo foria in 1711 which he exhibited ta england where it attracted much botica cristofori did not remain idle after introducing hie first instrument he became prominently known as a maker allt died in 1731 comparatively poor daniel in popular science monthly |
