1. The Italian harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Cristofori is credited with the invention of the piano in 1726, and called it gravicembalo col piano e forte, or "harpsichord that plays soft and loud.

Don’t ask questions, we’re not sure why. Scarlatti (1685-1757) was heralded as the ‘greatest Italian harpsichord composer of his time’. Although the Baroque composer composed in a variety of musical ...

Italian harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Cristofori is considered to be the inventor of the piano. Snopes readers asked us if the piano was indeed originally referred to as the pianoforte. We learned ...

Most of his clients are music teachers and teaching institutions in Europe and the U.S., including Portland State University, which has one of his Italian-style harpsichords. Others include ...

Playing a Flemish virginal and an Italian harpsichord, the enterprising Skip Sempé has produced a fluid and involving conspectus of Renaissance sounds, with the instruments, recording ...

So the Orlando artist and guitar-builder is spending the summer building two Italian virginals – rectangular versions of the traditional wing-shaped harpsichord. Cole, a ceramic artist by trade ...