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Square piano. The grand piano, invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655–1731) around 1700, did not become popular until about 1785. The German Johannes Zumpe, working in London around 1763, was first to inspire
The Piano: The Pianofortes of Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655–1731) | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
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