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 ...

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Why are there 88 keys on a piano? 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 ...

History The piano is a keyboard instrument descended from early instruments like the clavichord and harpsichord, which used strings inside the instrument's body which were plucked or struck. But it's ...

Since first appearing in the middle of the 16th century, the harpsichord - with its mechanically ... with paving the way towards the modern piano: for plucked strings, he substituted a system ...

A cembalo, better known as a harpsichord, features strings that are ... Another early type of piano on show is a clavichord, whose sounds are produced by striking strings with metal blades.

Invented by Bartolomeu Christofori, the piano gave composers more dynamic range than the harpsichord. We find out how the shift away from piano impacted J.S Bach and his sons. Goodall also ...

The prospective buyer dreams that her harpsichord or piano will sing like “The Messiah,” the sobriquet of one of the master violin makers most famous, and perhaps most valuable products ...