Tracing the roots of the piano to the very beginning of consciousness, when man first became aware of sound.
1711, Tuning Fork
1711, Tuning Fork
Covered with Carbon Black. 1
Tuning fork invented by British musician John Shore, to overcome the difficulty of tuning his lute.
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Keller, Klaus-Dieter. "A needle on a tuning fork carved these figures on a glass plate covered with carbon black. As the plate is moved from left to right, the sinewave-shaped swinging motion appears." Glass Plate. Commons Wikimedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 17 June 2011. Web. 18 Aug. 2015. GFDL, and CC BY-SA 3.0.
