When Was the Piano Invented? A Brief History

The history and the development of the piano has gone through centuries of human civilization, but when was the actual piano invented?

[surrealistidealist]

It's so sad to consider that great geniuses like Beethoven never lived long enough to see what pianos would become! 💔

[Joshua-dcbs]

So could we say that the piano was a natural evolution of the harpsichord?

[Curly]

Man, this guy reminds me of an actor that I can’t think of which one

[PiotrBarcz]

Nice job with this. I like your happy tone of voice as well. Really makes the video pleasant to watch.

[Geopholus]

All the "invention of the piano" video's I am seeing neglect to mention that although early Hammer Claviers and Clavichords were very soft, they also had keys that initiated striking of strings with a tangent, or a leather covered hammer and had been extant since the late 1500's and earlier for the clavichord, and could be played very very softly or soft medium.. Also no mention is made of early piano developer save Cristofori. i believe it was Silberman, (in northern europe) who improved or invented the escapement, and compound action for accellerating the hammers in the early-ish 1700's.

[marvinsilverman]

the same with the guitar
this was evolving until the Spanish guitar came
with your deep sound and was the standard

[isaac]

Hi Robert! I wear watches all the time on my wrist. It may sound silly, but do wristwatches affect piano playing? Should I take it off when practicing?

[RockStarOscarStern]

BTW they now make Pianos w/ 20 More Keys than our 88 Key Pianos, the 108 Key Piano

[nomah]

Why doesn’t this have millions of view?

[WhatzzzUpWithYou]

That's why the harp and Piano sounds somewhat the same to me

[zxxz]

Can you do a video about the UNA Corda piano?

[redrakham]

Hii
Can you tell me what is the name of the intro song??

[OfflineEz]

Hello how do you notice the differences in pianos

[mickkennedy]

The first keyboards had keys of all the same size and colour, so when was the first keyboard that had black and white keys invented - and by who?

[agapelovepietas]

I wonder what it sounded like when they played their music before modern pianos.

[PVZBlover]

The Roland Facet Grand Piano Is A Polygonal-Shaped Piano And It Was Fully Evolved

[kevinbejkoxdxd]

As you know, pianos are very common today and they are the main instrument in the instrument family, today.

[petitluna]

I really love this instrument... unfortunately I can’t even afford a digital piano now :/

[taibito]

my dad made me watch this for a documentary summary lol

[jviss]

I confess I'm disappointed that Robert didn't give credit to Chickering, from whom Steinway copied.