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The first real piano was built in 1700 by an Italian, Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731), so it could play soft and loud. A harpsichord had a standard volume no matter how hard you played the notes, the more notes you played the louder it sounded. But with a piano you could play soft and loud even if you're only playing one note.

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Bartolomeo Cristofori is considered the main inventor of the modern piano-forte. He designed several models which were improvements on the harpsichord and Dulcimer which could play loud and soft depending on the players' touch. Sébastien Érard invented the double escapement action, improving Cristofori's piano-forte so that a note could be played in rapid succession. Jean Louis Boisselot invented the sustain pedal, allowing notes to be held for long periods of time after the key is released.

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The first real piano was built in 1700 by an Italian, Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731)

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Prince Ferdinand de Medici

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Bartolommeo Cristofori

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