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History of the Piano
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1700Bartolomeo Cristofori's
"new invention" of the piano e forte recorded, Florence, Italy
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1711
Scipione Maffei publishes a journal article about the piano
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1716Jean Marius submits hammer-keyboard designs
to Royal Academy of Sciences, Paris
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1721
Christoph Gottlieb Schröter submits hammer-keyboard designs to the Saxon Court, Dresden
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1725
Translation of Maffei's article into German stimulates widespread interest in pianos
Pianos first advertised in Vienna
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1730s
Pianos known to be in Portuguese and Spanish courts
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1730
Kirkman piano makers founded in London, England
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1732
First published piano music, by Ludovico Giustini
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1739Domenico del Mela
builds earliest known upright piano, Gagliano, Italy
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1740
George Frederic Handel plays on a piano, London, England
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1747
J. S. Bach plays a Silberman piano at the Prussian Court, Potsdam, and composes the Musical Offering
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1750s
Pianos advertised for sale in France
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1753-62
C. P. E. Bach: Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments published
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1760s
Pianos derived from Cristofori built in Spain and Portugal
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1767
Early public piano performances, one by Johann Christian Bach, London
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1768
First public piano performance in Paris
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1771Americus Backers
produces the English grand piano, London
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1771
Earliest reported public piano performance in North America by David Propert, Boston
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1771
Robert Stodart takes out a patent using the name "Grand" to describe his instrument.
This was the first known use of the word "Grand" in a patent.
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1773
First public piano performance in New York
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1774
John Joseph Merlin comes to England and introduces the "Una Corda Pedal" which moved the action to one side just hitting two strings instead of three, making the piano quieter. *first pedal invented*
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1779
Muzio Clementi publishes his first piano sonatas, London
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1780s
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach publishes series of sonatas and fantasias for piano
Haydn takes up the piano
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1780Anton Walter
making pianos, including one for Mozart, in Vienna
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1781
Mozart and Clementi 'duel' in Vienna
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1783 English piano manufacturer Broadwood is
credited with the invention of the sustain pedal. *second pedal invented*
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1784-6
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 14-25 composed
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1794-5
Haydn: 'London' piano sonatas and trios composed
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1795
Beethoven: 3 Piano Trios, Op. 1 and 3 Piano Sonatas, Op. 2 published
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1797
First piano magazine, The Pianoforte, London
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1800
John Isaac Hawkins of Philadelphia makes small uprights
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1801Edward Riley obtains a patent for a
transposing piano, in which the keyboard moved laterally, allowing keys to work on different notes
Challen Pianos London was established. Their clam to fame is that they made the worlds largest grand: twelve feet long
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1817Thomas Broadwood,
London presents a grand piano to Beethoven, Vienna
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1820First successful
use of metal in grand piano frame by Thom and Allen, London
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1823Jonas Chickering
begins making pianos in Boston
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1826
Henri Pape patents use of felt for hammer covering, Paris
Robert Wornum patents tape-check action, the basis for modern uprights, London
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1828Ignaz Bösendorfer begins making pianos, Vienna
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1828
Johann Nepomuk Hummel:
A Complete Theoretical and Practical Course of Instruction on the Art of Playing the Piano Forte published.
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1833
Chopin: Études Op. 10 published
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1837Knabe Company
established, Baltimore
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1839
Czerny: The Compete Theoretical and Practical Pianoforte School, Op. 500 published
Liszt establishes the solo recital, performing from memory and without assisting artists
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1843
Chickering patents one-piece metal frame for grands
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1848
Debain invents an automatic mechanical piano, Paris
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1853 Steinway & Sons,
New York established
*this is still one of the most popular piano companies today. Steinway pianos are considered very elite*
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1853
Chickering builds new factory, second largest building in U.S.
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1854Mason & Hamlin
established in Boston
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1856Wurlitzer Company established, Chicago
*along with Steinway, this companyIs another very elite andclassical piano company*
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1859
Henry Steinway, Jr. patents cross-stringing for grands
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1862
At London Exposition, Steinway wins a medal with cross-strung grand
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1862Baldwin established in Cincinnati, Ohio
*along with Steinway andWurlitzer, Baldwin isanother very elite piano company*
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1867
Chickering and Steinway win the top prizes at Paris Exposition
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1872
Theodore Steinway patents the duplex scale to enrich the tone
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1874
Albert Steinway patents the sostenuto pedal (middle pedal on modern grands)
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1874
Musorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition originally composed for piano
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1885
Aeolian Organ & Music Co. founded to make automatic organs, later automatic pianos
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1899
Torakusu Yamaha begins making pianos, Japan
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1899
Scott Joplin:
Maple Leaf Rag published
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1900
Baldwin wins grand prize at Paris Exposition
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1901
Welte-Mignon builts a player-piano mechanism, Freiburg, Germany
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1904 American piano
manufacturers make bonfire of square pianos, Atlantic City
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1905
The Juilliard School founded
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1908
American Piano Co. founded, incorporates Chickering, Knabe, Weber, Haines Brothers, and others
National Association of Piano Tuners founded
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1910
Steinway & Sons moves its factory entirely from Manhattan to Astoria, Long Island NY
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1910Broadwood among
the first British piano makers to make player pianos
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1919
156,000 regular pianos and 180,000 player pianos manufactured in U.S.
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1923Jelly Roll Morton's
first recordings, Chicago
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1924Gershwin’s
Rhapsody in Blue premiered
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1927Koichi Kawai leaves
Yamaha and starts his own firm, Japan
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1928Earl "Fatha" Hines
records Apex Blues, Weather Bird
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1929Neo-Bechstein,
electric piano with electromagnetic pickups to amplify struck strings
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1933Art Tatum's first
professional solo recordings
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1940John Cage: Bacchanale, first “prepared” piano piece
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1953 Liberace wins 2 Emmy Awards for network
television programs
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1958Van Cliburn wins
Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, first American to do so.
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1960Harold Rhodes
develops the electric piano (Fender-Rhodes)
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1966
Bösendorfer, Vienna, acquired by Kimball, Chicago
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1968Young Chang begins making pianos,
Inchon, S. Korea
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1969
Japanese piano production exceeds that of all other countries combined
Yamaha is Japan's largest producer
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1972
CBS buys Steinway & Sons
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1980sDevelopment of
computerized player pianos, Bösendorfer, Yamaha, Baldwin, and others
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1985
A group of Boston businessmen buys Steinway & Sons from CBS
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1990 Young Chang
buys Kurzweil Music Systems, American maker of electronic keyboards
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1995
Steinway and Selmer merge into Steinway Musical Instruments
Baldwin buys Wurlitzer and Chickering
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1998Broadwood
celebrates their 270th anniversary
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2000
The year 2000 marks the 300th year of piano manufacturing
Piano300 exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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2001
Baldwin files for bankruptcy
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2002
Gibson purchases Baldwin Piano Co., including the Chickering and Wurlitzer names.
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2002Bosendorfer
purchased by Austrian banking group and releases Porsche Design 7 foot grand
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2003
Steinway celebrates its 150th anniversary at Carnegie Hall in New York
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2003
Bluthner releases its "left-handed" or "backwards" grand piano - with the treble keys, hammers and strings on the left and the bass on the right. Many ask “Why?”
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2003
Grotrian (Germany) introduces its Duo Grand Piano - 2 grand pianos placed side by side with keyboards at opposite ends, as in a duo piano concert, with connected soundboards and a common lid.
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Grotrian Duo Grand Piano
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2005
Steinway announces to move production of some of the Essex models to the Pearl River Factory in China.
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2006Schulze Pollman
partners with Ferrari Motor Cars to launch limited edition piano
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Piano parts and info
88 Keys (except for Bösendorfer)
Bass notes have 1 string, Tenor notes have 2, and Treble notes have 3 for 236 total strings
160 to 200 pounds on each
Total of 35,000 lbs.!
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Grand Piano cut-away
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Back frame
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Sound board
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Soundboard top
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Soundboard bottom
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Frame
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Seiler suspension piano
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Fazioli Liminal piano
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Kawai Acrylic paino
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Baldwin Zebra
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Challen 12 foot grand
Weight – 2,000lbsString tension – 50,000lbs.
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Schimmel Pegasus
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Bösendorfer short
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Bösendorfer medium