The inventor of modern piano is Italian Christopher Foley. He used to be a harpsichord maker with rich experience in making harpsichords. After summarizing the advantages and disadvantages of the harpsichord, in 1709, he installed a keyboard machine with a hammer on the harpsichord, which laid the foundation for modern piano. Because of this improvement, it makes up for the shortcomings that the volume of the clavichord and harpsichord can hardly be adjusted. When playing, the volume of this piano changes with the tapping intensity on the keys, which is much larger than that of the clavichord and harpsichord.
The development of piano
/kloc-At the beginning of the 0/8th century, the piano was popular in Europe, but it was still making progress.
1766 John Zompa invented a square piano in London.
1770, Johann Andreas Stein finished the Grand Piano in Venice.
177 1 year, Ameriks Barker made an English grand piano.
1775 John Behrendt made a piano in Philadelphia.
1780, Schudy of Switzerland created a voice-activated pedal, which improved the chord connection ability of music, enhanced the sound effect of * * *, and made the music obtain obvious pause effect.
1784 —— 1786 Mozart composed the famous piano musicNo. 1425.
1794, John Broadwood made five grand pianos in London.
Hawkins and Mahler's smallest upright piano appeared in 1800.
1809, French Eller improved the piano machinery, which enabled Xiaoman to quickly and repeatedly hit the strings, thus playing more complicated music on this piano. This structure is still used in grand piano.
182 1 year, Ilardi obtained the patent of "repeated performance" mechanism and the principle of modern piano mechanism.
1826, American engineer Hawkins improved the time-telling mechanism by using axle pin, axle frame and climbing belt. During this period, many manufacturers improved the supporting structure of the piano, the arrangement of strings, and the small piano-chasing materials.
1850 combines the supporting structure, the crossing and arrangement of strings, and the compound vibrating string striking machine to establish the most ideal basic form of modern piano. After 100 years, the internal structure of the piano has hardly changed.
1853, Steinway, Berechstein and Blutte Nell Piano Factory established Liszt to compose sonatas in B minor.
From 65438 to 0859, Henry Steinway Jr. designed and patented the cross string for grand piano.
1890s-1913 years, the mechanical automatic piano began to develop.
19 19 The number of mechanical automatic pianos produced by American manufacturers exceeds that of ordinary pianos.
Harold Rhodes invented the electronic organ around 1960.
1970s- 1980s, electronic keyboard instruments came out in America and Japan.
1990 piano shell is made of plastic material by a new method, and the experimental mechanical device is designed, so upright piano has a new image.