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The piano history begins in Padua, Italy in 1709, in the shop of a harpsichord maker named Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori (1655-1731). Many other stringed and keyboard instruments preceded the piano and led to the development of the instrument as we know it today. The piano history starts with mankind's knowledge that a taut, vibrating string can produce sound and goes back to prehistoric times. Strings were attached and stretched over bows, gourds, and boxes to amplify the sound; they were fastened by ties, pegs and pins; and they were plucked, bowed or struck to produce sounds. Piano history continued when a family of stringed instruments with a keyboard evolved in Europe.
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