Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori of Padula (in Italy) invented the piano around 1700. He called it the “clavicembalo col piano e forte,” which means “harpsichord with loud and soft.”
Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori of Padula (in Italy) invented the piano around 1700. He called it the “clavicembalo col piano e forte,” which means “harpsichord with loud and soft.”