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When the piano ’ was bom 300 yean ago only the nobility could own one Today it if in plmivliM awl the-- i' i V'if- '13w ' V'1 ( harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Cristofori invented 4 I I I a brand-ne- w By the end aninortan andtheAmeric a skilled worker v instru- i?y it ti er Until then the top wm keyboard instrument &Mofori(i6S5-i732- ) was the harpsichord Its sound comes from plucking metal strings There is no way to change the Volume J I £ £ on the (I CS w z use by teachers and parents at home and at schooL use with Issue: Happy Birthday Piano! ' proftaaional piano player? 4 With the help of an adult hateo to different reconiinp of nniaie when t)w piann ieplnprt fFnr rrampln mmo mnair Vt mmf nf tho mmpnam (lianiaarri in v§0 2 j iv if Sf " in tr if fe- sr AO p C Q A E L L N L O U D D A & K ¥ rri v I S AD T O lNy R M C A U S Y' V A A A N O IV S F R T F O S P I Y Annmlusedavacmimdeanerl LTONGSGN RTS KCQNCERT XT RAZOM J WE Mini Spy Mini Spy is playing the piano at a redtaL See if you can find: word MINI watermelon ers played all their lives at (hurdles social gatherings and for their own pleasure Advice books in the 1800s said an educated woman must be good at music dance needlework drawing and - hsarf C Pianos for everyone By the late 1800a there were hung dreds of companies across America They were able to lower the costa of manufacturing by ft mi piano-makin- Playing with stylo Technology brings changes Ranos have come inmany shapes and sizes Here are a few: Until the eariy 1900s the piano was the main source of musical entertainment But new inventions Buch as the phonognqih radio and movies allowed people to hear music more easily In order to com-pete inventors created the player piano When someone put a coded paper roll into this piano it would play mnair wnfawnafc ically People didn’t have to learn to play in order to make music In 1942 Harold Rhodes designed a sparial panrt to he servicemen injured in Wcrid War IL These pianos were small enough to be played in bed 1 wounded airmen recovering in hospitals He used parts from wrecked airplanes to make his “Air Corps Pianos Later he and gui-- parts using ready-mad-e This girsITs pisno Pianos became so inexpensive that almost every household could afford one Ifoople could even order them from patalngg After the Civil War the piano became an important part of life Blade mimiriana created new styles of music from 1809-1811- msds 1 spaosRhsdstx wtddi could produce dMsr-sn- t sound effects such as bsfeordrtans an Using dif- ferent ibythma Jazz gospel ItwiMihgtdfr piano bult from 1820 to 1840 was - ottionoaiorira ducatedwomanlt hid a soft-playi- ng piano keyboard mbrar and com- partmantaforadaaora and other swing tooia - Q musicand ' - If ragtime wtdeh is' — t Hf" "w ' tar maker Leo x music all grew up around Eubi Bake (1883-196composed a now kind of ragtime Bud gavortao to Sorty )azz Ho abo wrote aonos for Breadwav mud 3) thepiana iii waa tamoua for No gtt-OlJa ianng oonoaniu ivw piano w oovarao wnn 1Z9 LJboraca (1919-196- pounds of ridnoatonaoi calsandshowa Some superstars WhanUazt FYanz Liszt (pronounced LIST) was the first musician to play a solo piano ’ concert He composed more than 600 pieces for the piana oKancL naaola wool andtabitad Women Straw flow-- j lic4$k oraanajawavy 1 onto Viostagsb and if ooflactad hia cigar ill i Rock Clara Wieck star Elton John has been one of the worlds most pop-va-r musicians for more than 25 yt&tj He is known for his piano playing Schumann had to dice in her concert won-derf- career In the 1800s the public believed women wbo played on stage ul Fender invented an electric piano By the 1960b this was ' a favorite instru- -' mentfiv many rock musicians With today’s electronic pianos musicians can just press a key and get a variety of sounds With digital pianos there are no hammers striking the strings When a musician touches the keys prerecorded notes are played Computer discs have replaced paper mils in today’s player pianos Mumrians can even put discs in the Iriano and record thrir own playing ’ Ilia Mini Paga thanks Patrick Ruckar Cynthia Adams Hoovar and Edwin GooL curators "PIANO aoCTexhUI of tha Natioiwl Muaaum of Amarican HMory Smithsonian hafltufloa hadbaddiaractec - Site to see: www4)iano300org People also thouit a woman enulinever play Ctara Schumann as well as a man But heMd she was so talented that promote flu caraar of N TfftcSbwrKSGriumsin people had to accept Look through your newspaper for mde -- about concottaorCPo Arsanyoffhesa imwlclano plbig tho pbmof (1819-1896) Nast weak The MH Page la about Daafli Valsy "1“ v- The Mini Page is part of i 300 Years of the Piano overcome much preju- t I 4 Q: What is the best thing for hives? 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What unuld ft be lika to ha a ts S & the w 1 vfV violin well-bre- Pi Guide ffc Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1755-179was one of history's most brilint piano players By tho timo ho was 4 ho was already giving concert for European royalty Here ha la playing a duet with hia sister ei Nflfivi0L VVL lnMnamaTg U LtopoKii noting uw some men played it was usually women who played in the home People arpnriad d every giri to end Pianos” at the SmRheonian htamaflonal It wN ran untl Ortery h Washington June 3 2001 fH For For i: mid-180- 0s axhHt "PIANO i Teacher W1 i In the family life centered around the piano in theparloc Although dropped enough so that more and more people could afford one It became quite fashionable for middle-clas- s homes to have a piano But Cristofori’s invention was different Its music was made by little hammers 'striking the strings The harder musicians hit the keys the louder the sound was Now musicians could control the softness or loudness of the music People thought this was so amazing that they named the new instrument the “soft loud or “pianoforte in Italian Over tima) ppnplp hniHyn) pianoforte to piann u 5 ‘ ' The ladies’ instrument the piano was inEurope At that time lave to give up almost a whole year's salary to buy a grand piano It was a luxury only the wealthy could afford Fifty years later the price had ment for an Italian prince It would change music forev- jr $ T ' The popular piano In about 1700 a I ' it W millinm nf hnrrn aten throughout the woridL Experts estimate that about 10 million kids are taking piano lessons in this country alone History ti s Jc vHenald Journal BrUgerbuuTt Ony Naetptper Newspaper in Education Program - - |