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    The document provides an overview of the history and development of the piano. It discusses how the piano evolved from early instruments in the 15th century that plucked strings, to the modern piano created by Bartolomeo Cristofori in the early 1700s, which used hammers to strike strings and could be played more softly or loudly depending on how hard the keys were pressed. It then describes the key features of the modern piano, including the black and white keys connected to hammers that strike the strings, producing different tones depending on which keys are pressed from low to high on the keyboard. Finally, it shares some fun facts about the popularity and variations of pianos.

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    The document provides an overview of the history and development of the piano. It discusses how the piano evolved from early instruments in the 15th century that plucked strings, to the modern piano created by Bartolomeo Cristofori in the early 1700s, which used hammers to strike strings and could be played more softly or loudly depending on how hard the keys were pressed. It then describes the key features of the modern piano, including the black and white keys connected to hammers that strike the strings, producing different tones depending on which keys are pressed from low to high on the keyboard. Finally, it shares some fun facts about the popularity and variations of pianos.

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    Piano: Andreas Riesen

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    The document provides an overview of the history and development of the piano. It discusses how the piano evolved from early instruments in the 15th century that plucked strings, to the modern piano created by Bartolomeo Cristofori in the early 1700s, which used hammers to strike strings and could be played more softly or loudly depending on how hard the keys were pressed. It then describes the key features of the modern piano, including the black and white keys connected to hammers that strike the strings, producing different tones depending on which keys are pressed from low to high on the keyboard. Finally, it shares some fun facts about the popularity and variations of pianos.

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    Piano

    Andreas Riesen
    Table of Contents

    • 1.) History of the piano


    • 2.)The modern piano
    • 3.)Fun facts
    History of the piano

    • The piano is the most widely used keyboard instrument


    • goes back 700 years
    • At that time, the strings were plucked with a metal tongue
    • The key arrangement known today exists since the 15th century
    • you could not influence the volume of the sound at the touch of a button
    • hammer mechanics around 1700 by Bartolomeo Cristofori
    • create a keyboard instrument that responded better to the keystroke than the harpsichord
    • The first form of the piano, was the wing shape
    • Scipione Maffei wrote an article about the new instrument
    • The article inspired Gottfried Silbermann to start making pianos
    • Silbermann pianos were without competition around 1750
    • Johann Friedrich Agricola brought the art of piano making to England in 1760 and developed a
    smaller rectangular piano there. 
    The modern piano

    • black and white keys are connected with small hammers


    • If you press the keys of the piano, the small hammers are hit against the strings
    • On the left side of the keyboard are the keys that produce the dark and deep notes
    • and the further you play to the right, the brighter and higher the notes become.
    Reverberate = nachhallen
    percussion instrument = Schlaginstrument
    string instrument = Saiteninstrument

    • If you use the pedals on the bottom of the piano, you can reverberate and weaken the
    notes
    • A commercial piano has 88 keys
    • The piano is a keyboard instrument in terms of operation, a percussion instrument in terms
    of the type of stimulation and a string instrument on reference of the vibrating sides.
    Fun facts

    • With 140,000 students, the piano is the most popular instrument in Germany and more
    than 3 million people own a piano or a grand piano
    • There is a left-handed piano. The Leipzig piano company Blüthner built it together with a
    left-handed pianist
    • the world's longest grand piano is 3.08 meters long. 
    • The world record in continuous piano playing is held by pianist Ansi Verwey! 
    The End

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