Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731), a harpsichord maker for a Florentine duke, built the world's first piano. He later made several technical alterations to improve the instrument's acoustics that have remained essential components of its construction....

1655-1731 Italian harpsichord maker credited with inventing the piano, which he called a "harpsichord that plays soft [piano] and loud [forte]" (c. 1709). In effect a grand piano, Cristofori's pianoforte was wing-shaped and...

Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (May 4, 1655 - January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as the inventor of the piano. Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show";...

Around the turn of the eighteenth century Bartolomeo Cristofori, keeper of harpsichords for the Grand Duke Ferdinand at the Medici court, turned his restless intellect to the problem of creating a harpsichord whose dynamics would respond to touch--a "harpsichord with soft and loud."...

BARRY GRAMLICH, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 09-25-1994 BARTOLOMEO ZOOMS IN ON TOUCHDOWN, VICTORY By BARRY GRAMLICH, Staff Writer Date: 09-25-1994, Sunday Section: SPORTS Edition: All Editions -- Sunday CLIFFSIDE PARK -- Anthony Bartolomeo reads the papers, so no one...