Grand Piano, by Bartolomeo Cristofori, 1720. The oldest of three extant pianos built by Cristofori, inventor of the first hammer-action keyboard instrument. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889.
Grand Piano, by Bartolomeo Cristofori, 1720. The oldest of three extant pianos built by Cristofori, inventor of the first hammer-action keyboard instrument. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889.