Development Of The Piano: A Timeline

Development Of The Piano: A Timeline

Tracing the roots of the piano to the very beginning of consciousness,
when man first became aware of sound.

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Santi Falcone’s Patent #4,640,174, 1987. ^{[ 1 ]}

Santi Falcone’s patent granted for a “soundboard calibrator,” a tuning device that permits the crown of the soundboard to be adjusted for optimum quality.

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Kingsburg Piano.

Kingsburg piano company founded in Yantai, China, incorporating German designer, Klaus Fenner’s designs.

Portrait of Daniil Trifonov
by Roland Kruk Jaroslaw, 2012. ^{[ 1 ]}

Daniil Trifonov (b. 1991) — Russian Classical Pianist

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Jaroslaw Roland Kruk. “Daniil Trifonov, 2012.” Photograph. Commons Wikimedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 4 July 2012. Web. 6 Nov. 2015. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Detail of a Boston Piano – Photographed by Alton, 1988. ^{[ 1 ]}

Boston Piano Company established as Steinway & Sons subsidiary, New York, in collaboration with Kawai.

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Alton. "Detail of a Boston Piano, 2008." Photograph. Commons Wikimedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Jan. 2008. Web. 18 Feb. 2016. GFDL and CC BY 3.0.

Benjamin Grosvenor (b. 1992) — British Classical Pianist

Benjamin Grosvenor — Chopin's Nocturne in F Sharp. ^{[ 1 ]}

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DeccaClassics. "Benjamin Grosvenor Plays Chopin Nocturne in F Sharp." Online Video Clip. YouTube. YouTube, 11 July 2011. Web. 6 Nov. 2015. Standard YouTube License.

Gibson Guitar Corp purchases Wurlitzer.

Roland's V-Piano Grand. ^{[ 1 ]}

Roland’s introduction of the V-Piano, the first digital piano to use solely physical modeling as its tonal source.

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Technical Grammy award given to Ikutaro Kakehashi with Dave Smith for the invention of MIDI.

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