In Florence around 1700, the Italian instrument maker Bartolomeo Cristofori made a breakthrough now credited with paving the way towards the modern piano: for plucked strings, he substituted a ...

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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 ...

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The harpsichord was replaced with the fortepiano, the precursor to today’s modern piano. In the video below, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra play extracts from Shostakovich’s 6th Symphony.